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GEN. ISAAC EOYALL. 



HISTORY 



OF 



Durham, Maine 



WITH 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES. 



/ 

By EVERETT S. STACKPOLE. 



PUBLISHED BY VOTE OF TOWN. 



LEWISTON: 

PRESS OF LEWISTON JOURNAL COMPANY. 

1899. 



74070 



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CONTENTS 

Chapter Page 

Preface. 

I. Origin of Royalsborough I 

II. Some of the Founders and First Settlers . . . 8 

III. Organization and Incorporation 20 

IV. Roads, Ferries, and Bridges 27 

V. Ecclesiastical History 43 

VI. Schools 77 

VII. Industries and Trades 82 

VIII. Military Record 88 

IX. A Few out of Many io.s 

X. Historical Miscellany 129 

XI. Centennial 137 

XII. Genealogical Notes 148 

Appendix 291 

Indices 305 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



Gen. Isaac Royall Frontispiece 

Looking North from Union Church Opposite page 2 

Plan of Royalsborough 

Josiah Little 

Autograph Letter of Major Charles Gerrish 

The Oldest House in Durham 

View on the Androscoggin 

The Little Red School House 

Map of Durham 

Rev. Jacob Herrick 

Sarah (Webster) Herrick 

Congregational Church 

Methodist Episcopal Church 

Union Church 

Rev. Moses Hanscom 

Free Baptist Church 

Friends' Meeting House 

Rev. Samuel Newell 

Rev. Jonathan Tracy 

Rev. John Miller 

Nathan Douglas 

Rev. George Plummer 

Rev. Frederick Howard Eveleth, D.D 

Rev. Everett S. Stackpole 

Rev. Charles Henry Stackpole 

School House at South West Bend 

The Stone Mill 

South West Bend 

Rev. Allen H. Cobb " 105 

Hon. Nelson Dingley, Jr 106 

Thomas Estes 10S 

Col. William R. G. Estes " " 109 

Tubus Edwin Eveleth no 



HISTORY OF DURHAM 



Joseph Marriner Gerrish Opposite 

John Jordan Gerrish 

Hon. William H. Newell 

William B. Newell 

Dr. Alexander M. Parker 

Joseph Plumraer 

Edward Plummer 

J; i ob 11. Roak 

Hon. William D. Roak 

Alfred Roberts 

Annie J. (Fit?) Roberts 

Samuel Owen Stackpole 

James Strout 

Dr. David B. Strout 

William Harrison Thomas 

U ail till Webber 

I I mi i Weeks 

Dr. William Riley Wright 

Durham Fair 

A Rustic Bridge 

i [>okiug Down the River 

View of Durham from Mountfort's Hill 

David Bowie 

Sewall Cushing 

Lorenzo Day 

Cornelius Douglas 

lames 11. kveleth 

William Gerrish 

Zebulon King Harmon 

lacob Herrick, Jr 

Vbigail (Scott) I [errick 

Jotham Johnson 

Sarah (Miller) (Jordan) Dingley 

Secomb Jordan 

Charles Emery Knight 

Jonathan Libby 

Eliza (Swett ) Macomber 

Jonathan C. Merrill 

William Miller 

John Miller 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Israel Mitchell Opposite 

Ebenezer Newell 

Fred Webster Newell 

John D. Osgood 

Washington Parker 

Henry Plummer 

Algernon M. Roak 

The Stackpole Homestead 

David Dunning Stackpole 

William Stackpole 

Elisha Stetson, Jr 

Jonathan Strout 

James Strout, Jr 

Revillo M. Strout •. 

Woodbury Thomas 

Joanna (Roberts) Turner 

David Vining 

Emery S. Warren 

Ai Waterhouse 

Residence of Charles W. Webber 

Joseph Webster 

Benjamin Weeks, Jr 

Barnard Williams 



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283 
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287 



PREFACE. 

The preparation of this History has been a labor and a delight. It 
has been impossible to cite authority for every statement, yet nothing 
has been stated without good evidence. The principal sources have been 
the Town Records of Royalsborough and Durham, well preserved; the 
Church Records, of which there are only fragments; manuscript Records 
of the Pejepscot Co.; Archives of Massachusetts; Military Rolls; 
Family Registers; old Diaries and Account Books; and the "traditions 
of the elders" which memory has been gathering forty years. All the 
published Histories of Towns in Maine and of many in N. H. and Mass. 
have been diligently examined. Maine Wills and York Deeds have been 
studied. The County Records at Portland and Alfred have been searched; 
likewise the Records of Lewiston, Lisbon, Topsham, Brunswick. 
Harpswell, Georgetown, Freeport, No. Yarmouth, Falmouth, Cape 
Elizabeth, Scarborough, Saco, Kittery, Berwick, Gorham, Windham, and 
of Dover, N. H. Every History of Maine has been consulted. The 
publications of the Maine Historical Society and various genealogical 
Magazines have been utilized. Notes have been exchanged with several 
authors who are preparing Histories of Towns and of Families. In fact 
no pains have been spared in seeking information from every known 
source. 

The assistance of the following persons is cheerfully acknowledged: 
William D. Roak, who for many years has been collecting material for 
a History of Durham; Benjamin F. Nason, who preserved in writing 
valuable traditions; Dr. David B. Strout, who left several historical 
manuscripts; Charles W. Webber, whose capacious memory holds most 
of the lore and family history of So. Durham; Josiah H. Williams, whose 
historical sketch in Androscoggin County Atlas has been helpful; William 
H. Thomas, whose aid in business management has been of great value; 
and a very large number of others, whose letters have contained useful 
information and encouragement. 

Not the least important and interesting feature of this volume is the 
portraits and illustrations, which have largely been furnished by the 
generosity of friends. The endeavor has been to present as good results 
as the art of the engraver could produce from defective daguerreotypes, 
tin-types and photograph'., collected. The credit is due to the Suffolk 
Engraving Company of Boston. 

It is believed that the History will be of especial service to 
Genealogists, since all the births, marriages and deaths found in Durham 
Town Records down to 1840 are either interwoven with the genealogies 
or appended at the end of the volume. This may save many a journey 
to Durham and much labor to the Town Clerk. Special effort has been 
made to secure accuracy and fulness. In a few cases the Town Records 
have been corrected by indisputable evidence from private sources. 



I. 

ORIGIN OF ROYALSBOROUGH 



Can any good come out of Nazareth ? Can anything of 
interest be said about a small country town ? Read and see. A 
place possesses historical interest not because of its size, produc- 
tions, wealth and natural beauty, but because of the character and 
deeds of its natives and citizens. The highest praise of any town 
is to point to noble men and say, "These were born there. ' 
So it is believed that something good and of public interest mav 
be written of Durham. It should also be remembered that 
Durham was not always side-tracked by surrounding railroads. 
The highway of commerce for the back towns once ran through 
it and made the "County Road" and "South West Bend" con- 
spicuous in the eyes of travelers. Durham contained a prosper- 
ous village and was the trading center for a region stretching 
twenty miles or more northward, at a time when Lewiston and 
Auburn had no industrial and commercial importance. 

And yet it must not be concluded that Durham is an ancient 
town. When we read of settlers in North Yarmouth and Bruns- 
wick before 1640, we wonder that no adventurer built his log- 
house in Durham earlier than 1763, so far as history records. 
The first settlers of Maine kept pretty close to the coast and 
along navigable streams, thus to have easy communication by 
means of sailing vessels and to provide defense and a way of 
possible retreat, if attacked by hostile Indians. The inland was 
exploited somewhat for ship-timber, but farmers found equally 
good soil in pleasanter and safer surroundings. It was not till 
the Indian wars had ceased that farming lands became market- 
able in the inland regions of Maine. So it happened that the soil 
of Durham was rarely pressed by the feet of the pale faces for 
many years after, in 1690, Major Church led his little army from 
Maquoit Bay along the westerly side of the Androscoggin to the 
capture of the Indian fort near Drummond Street, in what was 
long afterward called "Goff's Town" and is the present city of 
Auburn. As they marched up over the hill at South West Bend, 



2 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

did they pause, as travelers always do now, to note the long 
stretch of water, the beautiful island and the loveliness of the 
Androscoggin valley? The arts of civilization have enriched the 
scene, but even then the view must have been one long remem- 
bered. 

The facts which led to the settlement of Durham may be 
briefly stated, since they have been amply set forth elsewhere. 1 
In 1620 James !. granted a charter to forty "noblemen, knights 
and gentlemen," called the Council of Plymouth. This Council 
granted, 16 June 1632, a patent to Thomas Purchase and George 
Way of land on both sides of the Androscoggin River, extending 
from the mouth in Merrymeeting Bay upward to indefinite 
northern limits. Way never lived on the grant, but Purchase- 
spent many years in Brunswick and probably dwelt for a time 
at Lisbon Falls, fishing and trading with the Indians. All 
the lands of Purchase and Way were bought by Richard Wharton 
in 1683, and the purchase was confirmed and enlarged by deed 
given. 7 July 1684, by six Indian chiefs, Warumbee, Darumkine, 
Wihikermet, Domhegon, Nehonogasset and Numbenemet. Of 
these Warumbee, or Worumbo, was the most important, and is 
said by some to have had his fort in Durham, just opposite 
Lisbon Falls, but it is quite certain that his fort was the one 
above mentioned. The lands purchased of these chiefs extended 
to "five miles above the uppermost Falls in Androscoggin 
River," and three miles west of the river, following its course. 
There were conflicting claims, especially to the part of this pur- 
chase lying between the Androscoggin and Kennebec Rivers. 
The case was in litigation for over a century. Various com- 
promises were made, and the final adjudication was made by the 
Court of Massachusetts in 1814. 

Wharton died in 1693 in England. Ephraim Savage of Bos- 
ton administered his estate and sold, 5 Nov. 1714, for £140, all 
these lands of Wharton to Thomas Hutchinson. Adam Winthrop, 
John Watts, David Jeffries, Stephen Minot, Oliver Noyes and 
John Ruck, all of Boston, and to John Wentworth of Ports- 
mouth. These were the original Pejepscot proprietors. 2 Their 
lands embraced the present towns of Lewiston, Greene, a part 

J See Wheeler's Hist, of Brunswick. 
"York Deeds Book VIII. Fols. 56-8. 



HISTORY OF DURHAM 3 

of Lisbon, parts of Poland and Minot, Auburn, Durham, Bruns- 
wick, Harpswell, Topsham, Bowdoin and a part of Leeds, 
According to a survey made by Phineas Jones in 1 73 1, they 
comprised about 450,543 acres. The price paid was less than 
a cent for six acres. The company claimed also Bowdoinham 
and Richmond, but this claim was relinquished. Some wanted 
to claim as far up the river as Rumford Falls. 

The agent of the Pejepscot Proprietors up to 1731 was Asa 
Heath of Brunswick. Then Benjamin Larrabee succeeded him, 
and in 1757 Belcher Noyes of Boston was chosen clerk and held 
office till his death in 1787. Josiah Little succeeded him and had 
much to do with the early settlement of the town. 

It is not known just when or by whom it was first proposed 
to lay out the new town of Royalston, as Durham was first called. 
The earliest mention that has come to my knowledge is in a 
deed, given by Belcher Noyes to David Dunning of Brunswick, 
dated Nov. 14, 1761. It conveys to said Dunning, for £33, " 1-16 
of land to be laid out for a new township six miles square, being 
part of a tract purchased by Pejepscot proprietors from Ephraim 
Savage, administrator of Richard Wharton, Esq., late of Bos- 
ton." Stephen Getchell of New Meadows, Brunswick, made a 
surve\ of Royalston in April, 1762. His bill was £22, s8. Noyes 
in May, 1762, wrote a letter in which he declares himself sorry 
that Getchell was employed, says his previous work has been 
found to be erroneous and calls him "a poor, miserable, shuffling 
fellow, indebted to every one. " 1 It was later found that 
Getchell's plan was incorrect, and a new one was made by Joseph 
Noyes of Falmouth. His plan was dated 22 May 1766, as an old 
deed shows. This also needed correction and John Brown's plan 
dates 23 Nov. 1767. 2 

At a meeting of the proprietors, held in Boston May 28, 1765, 
the name of the proposed town was changed by vote from 
Royalston to Royalsborough, doubtless because of the incorpora- 

1 Not too much credit is to be given to Noyes' comments upon persons 
associated with him. He seems to have been a little soured. Aug. n, 
1770 he wrote to Enoch Freeman thus: "Bag-ley has greatly imposed 
upon me and turns out a deceitful fellow; there's no trust to be placed 
in him." Again, June 24, 1771, he writes to Freeman, "Dunning has 
been all his days a great trespasser and a secret enemy to our interests." — 
See Pejepscot Records. 

"See deed given to Andrew Pinkham. 



4 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

tion m 1705, of a town in Massachusetts called Royalston, also 
in honor of Col. Isaac Royal. 

The In .unds of the proposed town, as set forth in first deeds 
given, were "To begin at the Northeast corner of the town of 
North Yarmouth, from thence to Androscoggin River, and down 
said river to the Northeast corner of the Township of Brunswick, 
and on the Northwest line of said Brunswick to extend to North 
Yarmouth line, and on said line on a Northwest course to the 
forementioned hounds, including land granted to Jonathan 
Bagley, Esq." July 1, 1766, Bagley transferred the "Gore," 
which he had received by grant of the Court of Massachusetts, 
to the proprietors, though the agreement so to do must have 
been made several years earlier. 

June 3, 1767, a division of ninety-six lots was made by lot 
among the proprietors, sixty-two lots having been reserved, the 
sale of which was to be for the encouragement of the settlement. 
The ninety-six lots were divided into eight parcels of twelve lots 
each. The owners at that time were : 



Samuel Waterhouse, 


1-8 


= 


12 lots. 


Belcher Xoyes, 


[-16 


— 


6 lots. 


David Dunning, 


1-16 


= 


6 lots. 


Jonathan Bagley, 


1-16 


= 


6 lots. 


Moses Little, 


1-16 


— 


6 lots. 


Jeremiah Moulton, 


1-16 


= 


6 lots. 


Enoch Freeman, 


'-32 


— 


3 lots. 


Heirs of Lydia Skinner, 


1-32 


= 


3 lots. 


Gov. Benning Wentworth, 


1-8 


= 


12 lots. 


Isaac Royal, Esq. , 


5-24 


= 


20 lots. 


Heirs of Hannah Fairwether, 


1-8 


= 


12 lots. 


Heirs of Joseph Wadsworth, 


1-24 


= 


4 lots. 



These were the original owners of Durham. Not many of 
them figured in the history of the town. Samuel Waterhouse 
sold his share to [saac Royal, who seems to have purchased other 
shares also, for in 1796 his heirs were taxed for thirty-four lots, 
chiefly in the northwest part of the town. Gov. WentWorth's 
shar< was sold by his heir, Michael Wentworth. to Jonathan 
Bagley Jan. 7. 1772. 

The reader is referred to "A copy of the Plan of Durham as 

taken from a plan copied by Jacob Herrick, Jr., from a plan 

!>>, Joseph M. Gerrish from Capt. Joseph Frye's Plan 

copied from Noyes's Original Plan of said Town, laid clown by 




NOYES'S PLAN OF ROYALSBOKOUGH, 1766. 



HISTORY OF DURHAM 5 

a scale of 160 Rods to an inch. Durham, March 27th A. D., 
1833, Ivory Warren." It is evident that the part of Durham as 
surveyed by Joseph Noyes of Falmouth and slightly corrected by 
John Brown is as it was originally drawn. The southwest corner 
called " Bagley's Gore," was not surveyed at that time, but was 
surveyed by Amos Davis, 1 as an old deed shows, probably in 
1781. In O. Israel Bagley's Account Book is the following 
entry: "Orlando Bagley, Det. 1781, to vittles and drink when 
his men was a running out the goor. " This Amos Davis was 
the same man who about this time surveyed Bakerstown, now 
Poland. Bagley's Gore, as drawn in this Plan, must be as it was 
about 1780. John Cushing received the deed for his 500 acres 
in 1786, his wife having received it in the will of her late father, 
Jonathan Bagley, in 1780. Ichabod March of Amesbury, Mass., 
purchased 5 Oct. 1775, thirty acres of the northeasterly side of the 
Gore, marked "March" on the Plan. Weed's 100 acres were 
bought by Joshua Weed of Amesbury, 25 Dec. 1780, and sold 
to Josiah Burnham, 15 Feb. 1791. Levi Wells was doubtless a 
relative of the wife of Jonathan Bagley. There is no evidence 
that he ever lived in Royalsborough. "Morrill's 80 acres" were 
bought by Archilaus Morrill of Col. Bagley, and sold by Green 
Morrill to William True, Sept. 3, 1785. "Jos. Noyes's 800 
acres" were bought by him in 1766. He knew, as surveyor, 
where the meadow land lay and chose as good as there was in 
the new township. He was a prominent man in the history of 
Portland, born Sept. 14, 1740, died Oct. 13, 1795. He was town 
Treasurer, Selectman and member of Mass. Gen. Court. 
" Front's Gore" was granted to Timothy Prout in 1737. It was 
claimed, at least the corner of it that appears on this map, by 
both Durham and Freeport. While the question was in dispute 
the Selectmen of the two towns agreed that the "Quaker Road" 
mentioned in a deed as early as 1779, should be the dividing line 
between the towns for purposes of taxation. 

The original plan of a town six miles square was modified 
greatly. Thompsonsborough and Little River Plantation, after- 
wards united into Lisbon, got the east side of the Androscoggin. 

'Amos Davis, born May 12, 1741, in Gloucester. Mass., moved from 
New Gloucester to Lewislon in 1774. He was a farmer, surveyor and 
shoe-maker. He died 20 March 1815, leaving four sons and a daughter. 
He was a leading member of the Friends' Society. 



6 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

Freeport got the corner called Prout's Gore. The northwest 
corner, two miles and twenty-one rods by eighty-six rods was 
set off to New Gloucester. The northern boundary was at first 
a few rods north of where it is now. About 1804 it was moved 
up to the northern limit of Dingley's (now Orin Libby's) farm, 
and in 181 5 brought back to its present position. These changes 
leave a few rods of the northern tier of lots in the present city 
of Auburn, the southern part of which was formerly called 
"Pejepscot Gore." 

March 3, 1768, the proprietors held a meeting in Boston and 
appointed Jonathan Bagley, Moses Little and Belcher Noyes a 
committee to "bring forward the settlement of said New Town- 
ship and to procure Settlers," and Belcher Noyes was empow- 
ered to execute deeds to the settlers. The first deeds were 
executed Nov. 12, 1770. It is certain that some of the purchasers 
had already been living on their lots several years, and some not 
mentioned in the list of original purchasers were settlers in 
Royalsborough earlier than 1776, as Josiah Day, Josiah Dunn, 
John Getchell, Ezckiel Jones, Batchelder Ring, Hugh and 
Robert Getchell. Charles Hill, John and Stephen Randall, 
Edmund Lane, Joseph and Samuel York, Joshua Babb, Eben- 
ezer Roberts, Benjamin Yining, Elias Davis, John Hovt, Judah 
Chandler, Thomas Pearson, Micah and David Dyer, Jonathan 
Armstrong, Hugh Marwick, John Parker, Samuel Smith. 
Orlando Baglev, ( >. Israel Bagley. 

ORIGINAL PURCHASERS OF LOTS IN ROYALS 
BOROUGH. 

All the following were of Royalsborough except Jonathan 
Bagley of Amesbury, Mass. The price paid for most of the lots 
was 13 pounds 6 shillings and 8 pence. Nos. 4, 28, 32, and J2 
cost 26 pounds 13 shillings and 4 pence. Lots 58 and 83 were 
valued at 30 pounds. 

Lot. Name. Date. 

5 Stephen Chase. Nov. 12, 1770. 

12 John Bliffin, 

13 John Dean, Jr., 

15 Nathaniel Gerrish, 

17 Stephen Hart, 

18 Caleb Estes, 



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31 Charles Gerrish, Jr., Nov. 12, 1770. 
53 Phineas Frost, " 

57 Charles Gerrish, " 
104 Nathan Lewis, " 

6 Edward Estes, June 10, 1771. 

14 Patrick Welch, " 

16 Samuel Clough, " 

58 Jonathan Bagley, 
83 '• " Dec. 7, 1771. 

2 Thomas Coffin, Dec. 10, 1771. 
4 Noah Jones, 

33 William Gerrish. 

67 John Dean (or Dain) 

3 Joseph Estes, Dec. 10, 1776. 
28 Cornelius Douglas, 
19 Samuel Green, 

32 Vincent Roberts, 
38 Stephen Weston, 
69 John Cushing, 
~J2 Ichabod Frost, 
80 

24, 29, 41, 46, 49, and 59 were deeded, Dec. 10, 1776, to 
Joseph Noyes of Falmouth for services as Surveyor of the Town- 
ship. 

Rachael Cobb, 1 widow of Ebenezer, and Lemuel Sawyer of 
Cape Elizabeth, purchased lot 103, Dec. 12, 1777. 

'Married in Cape Elizabeth 22 Nov. 1770, Ebenezer Cobb, Jr. and 
Rachel Sawyer. 



HISTORY OF DURHAM 



II. 



SOME OF THE FOUNDERS AND FIRST 
SETTLERS 

The reader will here wish to know something about the 
lives and character of the founders and first settlers of the town. 
Much will be said in the chapter on Genealogical History. Here 
only a few persons can be mentioned. The early settlers were 
not the offcasts of Europe, but were descendants from the best 
families of England. Scotland and Ireland. Their lineages can 
be traced, in most cases, back to the earliest settlers of Mass. 
and the coast towns of York and Cumberland Counties, 
and not a few clear back to the Norman Conquest. Col. Bagley 
brought many of his neighbors from Amesbury and adjacent 
towns. North Yarmouth and Harpswell furnished a good num- 
ber, and after the Revolution Cape Elizabeth and Scarborough 
poured in a large colony, especially into the northwest part of 
the town. They were men of sterling character, honest, indus- 
trious, intelligent, religious and patriotic, in short, men of hard 
muscle and sense. 

GEN. ISAAC ROYALL, for whom the plantation of Royals- 
borough was named, was descended from "William Ryall 
Cooper and Cleever of Tymber," who settled at Salem about 
1629. As early as 1635 he was at Casco Bay. March 27, 1643. 
he bought of Sir Ferdinando Gorges 250 acres and an island of 
30 acres, confirming his title three years later by purchasing the 
same of a rival claimant. Col. Alexander Rigby. His house had 
already been built on the south side of Royall's River, near its 
mouth, in North Yarmouth. He married Phebe Green and died 
at Dorchester. .Mass.. 15 June 1675. His son William died there 
7 Nov. 1724, aged 85 years. William's oldest son, Isaac, was 
born in North Yarmouth in 1672 and married, 1 July 1697. Eliza- 
beth, daughter of Asaph Eliot and widow of one Oliver, lie 
resided for forty years at Antigua, W. I., carrying on trade 
between that place and Boston. He purchased, 26 Dec. 1732, 
<if the heirs of Lieut. -Gov. Usher, an estate of 500 acres in Med- 
ford, Mass. The house, still standing, was built by Usher and 
remodeled and enlarged by Royal, and was one of the most 



HISTORY OF DURHAM 9 

elegant residences of the time in the suburbs of Boston. It was 
once the headquarters of Gen. Washington. Isaac Rovall died 
at Medford 7 June, 1739. 

Isaac, Jr., his only son, was probably born at Antigua about 
1719. He married 27 March 1738, Elizabeth Mcintosh. He 
was made Brig. -Gen. in 1761, the first American to bear that 
title. He was a Councillor of the Province from 175 1 to 1774. 
April 16, 1775 three days before the battle of Lexington, he left 
Medford for parts unknown. He sought at Salem passage to 
Antigua, but failing in this he sailed to Halifax, where he lingered 
about a year, hoping that the War would be ended. His sympa- 
thies were with the Colonies, yet he was afraid to break with 
England, resign his office and endanger his estates. He had 
received grants of land under the Crown. He owned large 
tracts in Massachusetts and Rhode Island as well as in Maine. 
In May 1776 he sailed to England. A daughter, the wife of the 
second Sir William Peppered of Kittery, sailed with him and 
died on the passage. He wrote from Halifax to his agent in Med- 
ford, giving him instruction concerning his slaves: "Stephen and 
George might be sold for £50, Hagar for £30, Mira for £25. As 
to Betsey and her daughter Nancy, the former may tarry or take 
her freedom as she may choose, and Nancy you may put out 
to some good family by the year." He added "I shall leave 
North America with great reluctance, but my health and business 
require it ; and I hope through the goodness of God, if my life 
is spared, to be able to return again soon." He took up his 
abode in Kensington, Middlesex, where he died of small-pox, 16 
Oct. 1 78 1. He was buried at Frcyle, Hampshire, Eng. 

His property was confiscated in 1778 but was restored to his 
heirs after some years. The town of Royalston, Mass., was 
named in his honor. In his will he left two thousand acres of 
land to endow a chair in Harvard College, which still bears the 
name of the "Royall Professorship of Law." He was a man 
of very high character. The only thing against him was that 
he was esteemed a tory, when that was a name of reproach. 
Some have asserted that Durham was so named because Isaac 
Royall once lived in Durham, England, but this statement is 
disproved by the facts. He had no connection whatever with 
ancient Durham. It is not probable that the name of Royals- 
borough would be changed because Rovall was a tory and then 



IO HISTORY OF DURHAM 

that a name would be adopted in remembrance of him. There is 
no discoverable reason why the new name of the town was 
Durham, any more than why its inhabitants petitioned to have it 
called Sharon or Bristol. 1 

COL. MOSES LITTLE was descended from the emigrant, 
I reorge Littie of Newbury, 1640. He was born 8 May 1724 and 
died 27 May 1708. For many years he was Surveyor of the 
King's woods. All pine trees over two feet in thickness were 
claimed for masts for the royal navy. The mark of an arrow 
was put upon such, and the penalty of cutting them was £100. 
This office gave Air. Little opportunity to learn the value of 
wild lands, and he devoted a large part of his life to the purchase 
and improvement of the same. He was colonel in the Revolu- 
tionary army and fought at Bunker Hill and in the campaign 
about New York. 

His son Josiah (b. 16 Feb. 1747; d. 26 Dec. 1830) had charge 
of his father's real estate for many years. Every year till he was 
past eighty he used to visit his lands in Maine, riding over the 
rough roads alone. He iost a hand by a premature explosion 
while superintending the blasting of a passage through the 
rapids on the Androscoggin below Lewiston (Dresser's Rips). 
He was leading proprietor and agent of the Pejepscot company 
Was Representative to General Court twenty-five years, and a 
trustee of Bowdoin College, where a son Josiah graduated in 
1S11. Another son Edward graduated at Dartmouth in 1797, 
inherited much of the territory about Auburn and Lewiston. 
and settled in Auburn in 1826. His statue stands in front of the 
Edward Little High School. — See Little Genealogy. 

COL. JONATHAN BAGLEY, fourth son of Orlando and 
Dorothy (Harvey) Bagley, was born in Amesbury, Mass., 23 
March 1717. He married Dorothea, dau. of John and Dorothy 
(Hoyt) Wells, grand-daughter of the Rev. Thomas Wells, first 
settled minister in Amesbury. He was a prominent man in his 
native town, for twelve years representing it in the General Court. 
He was Colonel in the French and Indian war, 1756-60, and com- 
missioned colonel of the Essex Co. Regt. 1767, '69, '73 and '74. 

'For further particulars of the Roynl Family see N. E. Hist, and 
Gen. Register for 1885. pp. 348-358. 




JOSIAH LITTLE. 



HISTORY OF DURHAM I I 

He was the most active agent of the Proprietors in the settle- 
ment of Royalsborough, and spent much time here between 1770 
and 1780. His farm consisted of lots 82, 83 and 84. "Bagley's 
barn" is mentioned in 1 79 1 . Tradition says that a house built 
by him stood close to the northern line of lot 83, and near the 
River Road. The part of Royalsborough known as Bagley's 
Gore was granted to him by the General Court of Mass. 
Here three of his sons owned farms. He was owner of what 
was long known as " Chandler's Mill " in the western part of the 
town. Tradition locates his mast-camp on the farm of True 
G. Hunnewell not far from the mill. He died in Amesbury 28 
Dec. 1780. 

Col. Jonathan Bagley had children John, William, Jonathan, 
Valentine. Dorothy, Orlando and a daughter who married 
Nathan Bartlett. Valentine b. 1 Jan. 1743, m. Sarah Currier. 
He had lands on the County Road in 1770 and received his 
father's farm on the River Road 7 Feb. 1779. He died in April, 
1780, and was buried in Amesbury, leaving sons John and Valen- 
tine. The last was the hero of Whittier's poem "The Captain's 
Well." His brother John inherited the old Bagley farm and 
sold a portion of it to Elijah Macomber in 1808. Orlando, son 
of Col. Jonathan Bagley, b. 5 Nov. 1747. received 7 Feb. 1779. 
from his father a deed of 400 acres on County Road marked 
on Noves's Plan. He received by his father's will the homestead 
of his grandfather in Amesbury and so did not remain in 
Durham. Dorothy, dau. of Col. Jonathan Bagley, born 13 Feb. 
1745, married John dishing, Esq. She received in her father's 
will a house and land in Salisbury and five hundred acres in 
Royalsborough a mile long by two hundred and fifty rods wide. 
It is marked on Noyes's Plan as " John Cushing's 500 acres. " 

CAPT. DAVID DUNNING, son of Andrew and Susan 
(Bond) Dunning, came from Ashburton, Eng., with his father 
and family in 1718, via Boston and Georgetown to Brunswick. 
His father settled at "Maquoit," where he died Jan. 18, 1736, 
aged 72 years. It is claimed that John Dunning, created Lord 
Ashburton in 1782, was his grandson. David was born in 1706. 

He married Mary about 1735. She died Aug. 16, 1784, 

aged 74 yrs. His second wife was Mary (Lithgow) Hunter, 



12 HISTORY Oh DURHAM 

widow of Capt. Adam Hunter of Topsham. Both were over 
eight) wars of age at this second marriage. David Dunning 
.■wind a large part of the land where the village of Brunswick 
now is. He built a block-house and lived in it till 1772. when 
hi built a frame-house on the spot where Brunswick Town-hall 
now stands, litis was. utter his death, kept as a hotel, called 
'* Washington Hall," bj his son John. He bought, with 
Jeremiah Moulton, Fort George, when it was dismantled in 1761, 
and built the first dam and saw-mill at Brunswick. He was one 
of the most active, enterprising and respected men of his time 
He was Deacon in the Cong, church, first Represen- 
tative of Brunswick in the General Court of Mass. in 1742 and 
1743 ; one of the first Board of Selectmen in 1739 and again in 
1741 and 1741). He was a soldier at seventeen years of age and 
Lieut, of militia in 1746. For \ ears he was Capt. of an inde- 
pendent "Alarm" company, and scoured the wilderness up and 
down the Androscoggin and Kennebec in pursuit of Indians. 
Two of his brothers were killed by the Indians while crossing 
the river at Brunswick. In military and lumbering expeditions 
he learned the value of the surrounding country. This led him 
to buy one sixteenth of the township of Royalsborough. In 
division of lots he drew Xos. 9, 74, 91. 113. 143 and 153. Lot 
9 he sold in 1792 to Lemuel Jones: lot 74 he sold in 1776 to 
William Gerrish ; lot 113 was inherited by his son Andrew; lots 
143 and 153 went to his heirs. Lot 91 he deeded in 1783 to his 
daughter Elizabeth (Dunning) Stackpole, grandmother of the 
author of this book. Thus the casting of a lot led to the loca- 
tion of the Stackpole family in Durham. 

David Dunning died Aug. 16, 1793 Six children grew up 
1. Andrew b. i) Nov. 1736, m. Dec. 29, 1768 Elizabeth, dan. 
of Rev. Robert Dunlap. d. 3 July 1800, first Post Master of 
Brunswick and Selectman seven years; 2. John, b. 19 Sept. 1738. 
m Lois, dan. of Judge Aaron Hinkley, ten children, one of whom 
was Nathaniel Dunning, whom many will remember as an 
honored citizen at S. W. Bend; 3. .Mary b. 22 Oct. 1740, m. 7 
Jan. 1764 William Owen of Brunswick; 4. Margaret, b. 11 Feb. 
1745. m. 19 Oct 1765 Robert Sutherland of Portland; 5. Jennet. 
b. 29 Jan. 1748. m. 1 Jan. 1774 John, son of Rev. Robert Dun- 
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HISTORY OF DURHAM 1 3 

Russell Lowell; 6. Elizabeth, b. 9 Sept. 1751 ; m. 4 July 1775 
John Stackpole, then of Harpswell. 

MAJOR CHARLES GERRISH was born in Berwick. Me., 
in 1716, as a deposition shows. He married Mary Frost of Ber- 
wick. They came to Falmouth, now Portland in 1748. In 1758 
he moved to Saccarappa. Jan. 17, 1762 he sold his land in 
Saccarappa to Enoch Freeman, Esq. A document, reproduced 
in fac-simile, sheds light on his proceedings. The remarkable 
thing for his day is, that the document is correctly spelled, 
which proves him to have been a man of some education. His 
general ability is inferred from the fact that he was selected 
as an agent of the proprietors. He was by trade a blacksmith 
and maker of edge-tools. 

The two hundred acres first bought by him are shown on 
Xoyes's plan of the town. This farm remained in the Gerrish 
family for nearly a century. It was occupied within the remem- 
brance of many by A. True Osgood, and is now owned b\ 
Willard Sylvester. The first house long since passed away. It 
stood on the hillside east of the old, two-story, unpainted house 
that succeeded it. This is one of the oldest houses in Durham 
and remains in the style in which it was originally built over a 
century ago. The square chimney in the center, with rooms 
built around it, is something enormous. Here may be seen one 
of the old fire-places that took in eight-foot sticks of wood. The 
partitions are of upright pine boards, some of them two feet 
wide. The burial place of Major Charles Gerrish was near the 
first house. No trace of it can now be seen, since the ground 
has been plowed over. He was last taxed in 1797 but is said to 
have died in 1805. He was a man of ability and served often as 
moderator of Town meetings and as an officer of the Town. 
The date of the above document marks authoritatively the first 
settlement in the Town, in 1763. Several historians have placed 
the date eleven years earlier. His house was six miles from the 
nearest neighbor and tradition says his wife saw no female 
except her daughter for a year and a half. For his service in 
the Revolution and for the history of his family see other 
chapters in this book. 

JUDAH CHANDLER, son of Joseph and Martha (Hunt) 
Chandler was born in Duxburv, Mass., August 30, 1720. He 



14 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

moved with his father to North Yarmouth in 1729. Among the 
papers of the Rev. David Shepley of Yarmouth was found the 
following: 

"Judah Chandler, Oct. 21st, 1796, aged 76 last August, 
deposes that when he was about nine years old he moved with 
his father from Duxbury to North Yarmouth. About thirty 
years ago he (Judah) moved eastward and lived about nine years 
then returned to North Yarmouth. "' He therefore moved into 
Royalsborough in 1766, probably as an agent of Col. Baglev. 
He built the mill, in the western part of the town on a branch 
of Royall's river, that is stili called Chandler's stream. Its 
successor is now called the "Old Stone Mill." Here he carried 
on lumbering, sending ton-timber to Harrisicket (Freeport) by 
the ( >ld Alast Road. In the above deposition he states that he 
returned to North Yarmouth in 1775. He was soon, however 
in Royalsborough again, for Feb. 24, 1777, three-quarters of fifty 
acres of land together with the mill privilege and all apperte- 
nences were conveyed by Col. Jonathan Baglev to Judah 
('handler, O. Israel Bagley, Daniel Baglev, John Randall, 
Stephen Randall and John Cushing, all of Royalsborough, for 
£30. Probably the other quarter of the fifty acre lot had been 
already occupied by Chandler as a homestead. The, old road 
crossed the stream below the present mill and traces of Chandler's 
house near by are still visible The first mill was located at 
the head of the falls, near the present bridge. Tradition has it 
that the dam was built so high that the water overflowed the 
adjacent lowlands to such an extent as to form a new channel, 
running around and entering the main stream a quarter of a 
mile below the present mill. This was, no doubt, the origin of 
the "Run Round." This mill and its four successors have been 
in constant operation, except at intervals of rebuilding and 
repairing, for one hundred and thirty-two years. 

Chandler is repeatedly mentioned on the Town Records as 
surveyor of lumber. He and his wife were assisted by the town 
in their old age. They were "bid off" by James Parker in 1801 
at Si. 50 per week. He died probably in 1802. 

HON. JOHN CL'SHIXG was bornatBoxford, Mass.. 1 May 
1741 and died at Freeport, Me., 1S13. He was son of Rev. John 

'See Old Times in North Yarmouth, page 305. 



HISTORY OF DURHAM 1 5 

and Elizabeth (Martyn) Cushing, grandson of Rev. Caleb 
Gushing of Salisbury, and fifth in descent from the Emigrant 
Matthew Cushing of Hingham, 1638. (See Genealogy of the 
Cushing Family.) He was a graduate of Harvard College (1761) 
as were also his father and grandfather. He married, I Dec. 
1763, Dorothy Bagley, dau. of Col. Jonathan Baglev of Ames- 
bury, Mass. He was Capt. of a company in Col. Samuel 
Johnson's Regt. of Militia which marched on the Alarm 
April 19, 1775. They lived in Salisbury till the death of his 
father, 1772, when they moved to Boxford, where his father 
had been pastor thirty years. They moved to Royalsborough 
bringing his widowed mother in 1782. having resided for a time 
in North Yarmouth. April 9, 1782, Belcher Noyes sold lot 86 to 
John Cushing. Oct. 4, 1788, Cushing sold 25 acres of lot 80 
to Abel Curtis. The deed is witnessed by Elizabeth Cushing. 

The oldest tombstone in Durham is found in the cemetery back 
of where the old North Meeting House stood. The inscription 
reads, "Mrs. Elizabeth Cushing died Oct. 18, 1789, aged 76." 
This was the mother of Hon. John Cushing. She was Elizabeth 
Martyn of Boston, born 16 May 1714. and married the Rev. John 
Cushing 8 April 1740. I have seen a letter of consolation written 
to Hon. John Cushing by a cousin in 1790, in which Mrs. Eliza- 
beth Cushing is spoken of in the highest terms as a woman of 
education, piety and noble character. 

John Cushing lived on the northern part of lot 80. The 
farm is now owned by William Thomas of Lewiston. Traces 
of the old house, which decayed over fifty years ago, may be 
seen, on a hillock near the bank of the river, just south of a 
gully. The house was later occupied by Abel Curtis. In 1783 
Cushing was moderator of the Town meeting and one of the 
"committee" or selectmen; also treasurer of the town, and one 
of a committee to petition General Court. He was one of the 
town committee in 1784, 1785, 1786. He was on the Board of 
Selectmen the first year after the incorporation of the town, I78q. 
In 1790 he moved to Freeport where he was a Justice of the 
Feace. He was also a judge and member of the Council 
many years and Representative to Mass. General Court 
as well as Selectman and Treasurer of Freeport. He was 
on the Board of Overseers of Bowdoin College 1796-1813. His 
old account book lies before me, in which manv old residents of 



1 6 HISTORY OP" DURHAM 

Durham are named. Of special interest is the account of the 
settlement of the estate of Nathaniel Gerrish, Nov. 1709. for 
which the total charge was $37.37. His wife Dorothy was living 
in Freeport, 1816, and is said to have died soon after. Eight 
marriages performed by him as J. P., 1789-1791. are recorded on 
Durham Town Records. 

The following extracts from his diary will be of interest: 

June 17, 1789. Child of Edward Lane of Lewiston lost in the woods. 

J u 'y 3. "Joshua Jones raised a barn. 

Oct. 7. "Doct. Jones here to see my mother sick of a fever. 

Oct. 13 " here again — mother grows worse. 

Oct. iS " My mother died about ? o'clock in the morning, in the 76 

year of her age. 
Oct. 20, 1789. My mother was buried. Bearers were Maj. Gerrish, Mr 

Pearson, Mr. Vining. Mr. Arthur (?) Capt. Bagley and Lieut. 

Newell. 
Feb. 21 1790. Mr. Dennison preached — Gratis. 
April 15. " Removed from Durham to Freeport and a most 

tremendous time we had through mud and water. 
June 1. 1790 Dolly came home from Durham with Betty. (These were 

his daughters. Mrs. Roger Merrill and Mrs. Wm. Hoyt.) 
July 11 " First Sacrament ever administered in Freeport — 28 members. 
Aug. 18, 1794 Went to Portland. — Saw a Lion. 
Aug. 25 " Board of Trustees of Bowdoin College met at Brunswick 

but nothing done by reason too small No. members. 
Oct. 30 1791. John Cushing's barn burnt at Durham with Corn, grain & 

Hay. 
Nov. 29 " Samuel Proctor killed instantly by the fall of a rotten tree. 
March 2 1796 Mr. Lambert killed by the falling of a tree. 
June 30 " Went to carry the old chaise to N. Yarmouth to be 

mended. (This was the first chaise ever driven in Durham.) 
July 19 " Trustees and Overseers of Bowdoin College met at Brunswick 

to fix a plan for the building, to be on the Plains near Dea. 

Dennison's. 
Aug 2, 1796 Paid to Nath Gerrish 140 dollars for the mill Lot. 
May 13 1797 New Plow of Joshua Snow. 
June 10 " John Bagley with Valentine & their wives here From 

Amesbun. 
/une 14 " Went to Durham in chaise. 

Nov. 22 went to Durham to appra'se Capt. Bagley's estate. 
Sept. 12, 1799 Roger Merrill & wife set out for Newbury. 
Jrn. 1, 1800. Militia Companies meet at the Corner and walk in proces- 
sion with solemn musick and muffled drum to the meeting 

house where an Eulogium was pronounced by Air. Johnson 

on the much lamented death of Gen'l Washington. 
July 9, 1801 College Meeting at Brunswick for choice of President. 

McKeen of Beverly was chosen with a salary of $1000. 

CAPT. O. ISRAEL BAGLEY was born at Amesbury, 

Mass.. Nov. 5, 1747. He settled early in the year 1770 on lot 
37 and built a large two-story, square house which is still 
standing. It is occupied by Charles Bliss and is probably the 
oldest house in Durham. Just south of his house was his store 




THE OLDEST HOUSE IN DURHAM. 

Built by O. Israel Bagley in 177". Now the 

residence of < lharles H. Rliss. 



SOME OF THE FOUNDERS AND FIRST SETTLERS 1 7 

and a little further on, in the alder swamp, was a potash-manu- 
factory. His house was also a public inn, as his account book 
shows. He was a shoe-maker withal. He built the first grist 
mill. It was run by wind. He built the River Road from S. \V 
Bend to Lewiston Falls. The first school in Royalsborough 
was kept at his house. He was frequently moderator and one of 
the officials of the town. He was captain of the earliest militia 
company known in Royalsborough. About 1790 he abandoned 
store-keeping and became master of a vessel, the "Mary Ann." 
He died at Savannah of yellow fever Aug. 22, 1797. For record 
of his family see Chapter on Genealogy. 

O. Israel Bagley kept the first store in Royalsborough. His 
account-book is in the possession of Wm. D. Roak. It is a 
book twelve inches long by four wide and contains 263 pages, 
bound in sheep-skin, well sewed. It was evidently used as an 
account-book by his father, Thomas Bagley, before it came into 
the possession of O. Israel Bagley. Entries are found in it as 
early as April 17, 1745. The earliest account in Durham is with 
Charles Gerrish beginning March 19, 1770, and running to June 
22, 1772. Some of the items are of interest ; the accounts are in. 
"'old tener" or depreciated currency: 

To one pear of shoes, 01 105 :o 

To half days works a hoing, 00:17:0 

To 16 apeltrees, 09:17:0 

To 6 pound of tobaca 01 :i6:o 

To 4 ax handles 01 :oo:o 

to halfe a Bushel of flaxsead 00:1 1 :o 

to one wige 09 :oo :o 

to filing of snoo shoos I pear 00:10:0 

etc., etc., etc. 
"June the 22d then Settled all accounts with Mr. Charles 
Gerrish from the beginin of the world to this day and thair is 
due to said Bagley Seventen pounds ten shiling old tener money 
Setld by us." 

Charles Gerrish 
O. Israel Bagley. 

O. ISRAEL BAGLEY'S DIARY, 1773-4. 
We give only the items most interesting and that can be read. 
Portions of two pages have been cut off. 
Dec. 11 to making of nate garish. (Shoes for Nath. Gerrish.) 
" 12 wente to the sou west Bend 
" 13-16 hued and rased pig hous. 



IS HISTORY OF DURHAM 

Dec. 18 Bordcd it. 

" 19 finished it 

" jo made 2 pear of shos. 

" 24 wente to sawing of clabords 

" 29 made one (pair of shoes?) wente to the landing. 

Jan. 2 snod 2 ench (Snowed two inches.) 

6 Went to sawing to jones (Ezekiel Jones) 

7 down to frost's & shode 7 in shos. (Made shoes for seven of 
Phineas Frost's family.) 

8 made 3 pear of shos 

9 went up to the mill 

" 1 1 went to the 40 lot to 

" 12 making of clabords. 

13 and made one thousand 

14 thate weeke. 

'" 19 wente to ealope Estes (Caleb Estes) 

Jan. 23 cornel wente to gloster (Col. Jonathan Bagley went to New 
Gloucester. ) 

" 24 making of a Brace 

" 2b wente to a falling of ash timber. 

" 27 wente to haling of wood w Cap ga oxen, (hauling of wood 

with Capt. Charles Gerrish's oxen.) 

" 28 making of shos 2 pear. 

" 30 wente to making of orys (oars?) 

" 31 and made 1300 

Feb. 1 wente to Yarmouth got 9 — of sola [ther] (sole-leather) 

2 wente to mill gote 470 feet of Bords. 

" 3 wente lining of oyrs (hewing of oars) 

" 4 wente to making of shos Steven — (at Stephen Weston's?) 

7 snode all day 

9 Borded my Barn. 

1 1 wente to huing Cofin. 

12 wente to making of shos. 

" 14 wente to meting to Yarmouth. 

15 wente to huing of oyrs. 

" 17 wente to spliting of oyrs. 

Feb. 21 wente to herysicate (Freeport) to meting. 

" 22 Mr. Prince came here 

" 23 prech to my hotts 4 & 9 18 and — 

" 24 hailing of wod Chatman 

" 25 to making of shos for hoyte (Shoes for John Hoyt.) 

" 26 making of 2 pear my wife. 

Mar. 1 wente to huing of oyrs 

" 4 staid at horn layd my flours. 

" 5 stayd at horn stiking of Bords 

6 wente to yarmouth drod of my si — (drawed off my cider?) 

" 8 wente to falling of trees. 

" 9 wente I" split oyrs Michel came (Hired man, who signed him- 
self Mick Farren.) 

" 12 wente to hall out oyrs 1400 — 

" 16 wente to Bromsic (Brunswick) 

" 17 went to worke upone my hous. 
etc., etc. 

This shows more plainly than any description could how the 
first settlers grot a livingr. 



SOME OF THE FOUNDERS AND FIRST SETTLERS 1 9 

BENJAMIN VINING, son of Thomas, was born in Read- 
ing, Mass., 16 Nov. 1738, and died in Durham 2 Aug. 1812. 
On his seventeenth birthday he was apprenticed to Samuel 
Jackson of Abington, Mass., for four years, eight months, during 
which time the Indenture declares "he shall his said master 
faithfully serve, his secrets keep, his lawful Commands every- 
where gladly obey. He shall do no damage to his s'd master's 
goods, nor see it done by others without letting or giving notice 
thereof to his s'd master ; he shall not waste his s'd master's 
goods, nor lend them unlawfully to any ; he shall not Commit 
Fornication nor Contract matrimony within s'd term, at Cards 
or dice or any other unlawful Game he shall not play whereby his 
s'd master may be damaged in his own good or the goods of 
others ; he shall not absent himself day or night from his s'd 
master's service without his leave, nor haunt Taverns nor play 
houses but in all things behave himself as a faithful apprentice 
ought to do." His master obliged himself to "learn s'd appren- 
tice the art or mistery of a Shop Joyner, and to provide for s'd 
apprentice sufficient meat and drink, washing and Lodging and 
apparell and all Necessaryes in health and sickness fiting for 
such an apprentice," also to "learn s'd apprentice to write, 
Cypher and read and at the expiration of the above s'd term to 
give to s'd apprentice Two suits of wearing apparall, one suit 
fitting for the Lord's day." This Indenture was signed by 
Benja Vining and Thomas Vining in good bold hand-writing 
and witnessed by Abram Joslyn and Sam'l Norton. 

He was living in Falmouth, next to the N. Yarmouth line 
and near the bay in 1763. He moved to Royalsborough about 
1775, and 13 Dec. 1776, he bought of Belcher Noyes Lot 71, on 
the "County Road" about a mile from the river. Here he 
carried on his trade in connection with farming. He was a 
Justice of the Peace, Deacon in the Cong. Church, and town 
Clerk of Royalsborough from 1778 to 1786. Tradition speaks 
of him as a verv worthv and useful citizen. 



HISTORY OF DURHAM 



III. 

ORGANIZATION AND INCORPORATION 

The inhabitants of Royalsborough first met for public business 
Feb. 24, 1774, probably at the house of O. Israel Bagley, since 
it is certain that the second meeting was held there, March 14, 
1774. The meeting was "in order to consult upon Some method 
for Entering into Some order in Said Town.' - Josiah Dunn 1 was 
chosen moderator and Charles Hill, Esq., clerk. Charles Hill 2 
and Thomas Coffin were elected wardens and O. Israel Bagley, 
Wm. Gerrish and Stephen Chase a committee for selecting a 
lot for a Meeting House and burying yard, and also a lot for a 
school. This was the only business transacted. 

At the second town meeting Major Charles Gerrish was 
moderator, Mr. Dunn having refused to serve. Other modera- 
tors before the incorporation of Durham were Jonathan Bagley, 
Jonathan Armstrong, 3 O. Israel Bagley, Ebenezer Newell and 
John Cushing, Esq. The meetings were held at the houses of 
O. Israel Bagley, John Dain, Nathaniel Gerrish and William 
McGray, until 1780, after which date they were held at the 
school house built on Benj. Vining's land. From the incorpora- 

'Josiah Dunn, from Falmouth, Oct. 28 1771, bought of Thomas Coffin 
lot 55 in Royalsborough Nov. 25, 1777, he sold fifty acres of this to 
Nathaniel Gerrish. Nothing more is known of him in Durham. A 
Josiah Dunn bought 134 acres in Poland Oct. 15, 1778. It is an easy 
inference that the josiah Dunn of Royalsborough was the ancestor of the 
Dunns of Poland, Waterville and Auburn. He came from England with 
a brother Nathaniel and first settled in Falmouth. He died in Poland 
about 1825, aged 93 years. 

A Josiah Dunn was taxed in Durham in 1802. but this tax may have 
been for the unsold fifty acres. A Revolutionary soldier, Joshua Dunn 
of Royalsborough, afterwards was a pensioner living in Phillips, Me. 

"Charles Hill, Esq., was clerk of Royalsborough 1774-7. His wife's 
name was Sarah. They had two children born in Royalsborough, 
George. 4 Mch. 1774 and Amos Adams. 20 Feb. 1778. Charles Hill sold 
lot 66 to Ebenezer Newell, 8 June 1779, for iooo pounds. He then 
disappeared from Durham lvstory. 

'Jonathan Armstrong, mariner, of Falmouth married Lydia Flint of 
Harpswell April 9, 1767. He bought. Dec. 1, 1775, of Samuel Green, half 
of lot 19; and Feb. 6, 1779 he bought a lot of Thomas Pearson and sold 
it in 1781. The name soon disappeared in Durham. 



ORGANIZATION AND INCORPORATION 2 1 

tion of Durham in 1789 till the building of the Town House in 
1840 all the town meetings were held at the old North Meeting 
House. 

The proceedings of the early town meetings had to do with 
roads, schools and the church, and so have been arranged in 
chapters treating of those subjects. 

Oct. 8, 1783. it was voted that "all the Sleds in this town 
Shall Bee four feet Beten goints and any man in this town Be 
found Sleding with a Sled of Less weadth than that a Bove 
mentioned Shall Be Liabel to fine of twenty Shillings fine." 

In 1782 the warrant for town meeting included, "to see if the 
inhabitants of this Plantation will Petition to the General Court 
to have it incorporated in to a Township acording to the Desier 
of the Proprietors allso to alter the Name of Said Plantation 
also Petition To Sad Cort for the Laws of this Common welth." 
In 1784 and again in 1786 the town voted not to be incorporated. 
The records for 1787-8 are lost. However, a petition, dated 
Feb. 4, 1788, was sent to the General Court, asking for incor- 
poration under the name of Sharon, or Bristol. The petition, 
which treats largely of matters pertaining to the Revolutionary 
War, is here given. 

To the Honourable the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in General Court 
assembled : — 

The petition of the Inhabitants of a Plantation Called Royals- 
borough in the County of Cumberland, humbly showeth — That 
your Petitioners being settled on a tract of Land in the Pejepscot 
Claim, So called, adjoining the rear line of Brunswick, lying on 
the Westerly side and adjoining the Androscoggin River, In the 
said County, were early called upon when there were but few 
families In the place to furnish a quantity of clothing for the 
Army which we were exceedingly unable to comply with, at that 
Infant period of our settling in the Wilderness, not having where- 
withal to cloath ourselves and families In such Manner as to be 
any ways comfortable In the Winter season. But from a Hearty 
Desire to lend every aid and assistance In our Power toward 
carrying on the War, We did by uncommon exertion procure by- 
one means or other all that we were called upon for at that time, 
and have regularly paid our taxes provided our part of the 
cloathing and procured all the soldiers we have been called upon 
for from time to time except one single man from the year 1778 
viz In the year 1779 we paid the Sum of thirteen hundred and 
sixty-five pounds twelve shilings and four pence and another 
Tax of the Same Sum and in the year 1780 we paid four Taxes, 



2 2 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

viz one of two thousand six hundred and eighty-three pounds 
six shillings and eight pence and another of the same sum, with 
a Beef Tax of one Thousand six hundred and fifty pounds, also 
a Hard Money Tax of Thirty-four pounds and for the year 1781 
we paid eighty eight pounds fourteen shillings and eight pence 
and two hundred and forty Seven pounds ten shillings and for 
the year 1782 we paid the Sum of one hundred and six pounds 
and sixteen shillings and five pence toward raising soldiers and 
sixty two pounds six shillings and two pence for the same 
purpose. Also a Beef Tax of the Sum of fifty four pounds and 
sixteen shillings and four pence which sum amounted to a great 
deal more than any other Plantation In this county have paid, 
tho some are much more able than we. 

But Tax bills have still been to us which, from the great 
difficulties and straits we have been put to ; In paying the above 
mentioned Sums and the charges we have been at ; In clearing 
roads building and maintaining a great many Bridges added to 
the Barrenness of a great part of our Land and the Poverty of 
the People, cannot at present be paid by any means in our 
Power. We therefore pray that our Delinquent Taxes may be 
taken off (Which we are rather encouraged to expect from the 
Kindness shown to other Plantations around us In as good 
circumstances as we are whose Taxes have been Abated In 
whole or In Part upon application being made for that purpose) 
and being arrived to the number of about seventy families and 
desirous of being Incorporated Into a Township by the name of 
Sharon that we may be In a capacity of enjoying those Civil 
and Religious Privileges which other Towns enjoy, which if 
rightly Improved will make us a happy people. The bounds 
of the Town are as follows : Beginning at the N. E. Corner of 
Brunswick thence running a South West course to North Yar- 
mouth line, thence running a N. W. course seven miles and forty 
Rods, thence on a N. E. course about four miles to Androscog- 
gin River, then down said River to the said N. E. Cor. of Bruns- 
wick first mentioned. Also we further pray that a committee 
from the General Court may be sent to take a View of our Cir- 
cumstances that the Honorable Court may be the better satisfied 
of the reasonableness of this our request and your Petitioners as 
In duty bound shall ever pray. 

Royalsborough, Feb. 4th, 1788. 

JOHN CUSHING, 

ISRAEL BAGLEY, 

E. NEWELL, Committee. 

JOSHUA STROUT, 

JONATHAN CURRIER. 

X. B. if there shall be any other Town In this County by 
the Name of Sharon, Our desire is that ours may be called 
Bristol. 



ORGANIZATION AND INCORPORATION 2$ 

The town was incorporated 17 Feb. 1789, with a population 
estimated at 700. The petition states • that there were seventy- 
families. Ten persons to a family is not too high an estimate 
for those days, as the chapter on Genealogy will show. Notice 
that in 1778 there were only forty-nine families. The name 
given to the new town was Durham. Why it was so named no 
one has yet told, though, doubtless it was suggested by the 
Durham of old England. The reason sometimes assigned has 
been shown in a previous chapter to be fallacious. The Act of 
Incorporation is as follows : — 

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
In the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and 
eighty nine. 

An act to incorporate the Plantation called Royalsborough 
in the County of Cumberland into a town by the name of 
Durham. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in 
General Court assembled and by the authority of the same that 
all the lands of Royalsborough aforesaid bounded as follows viz 
beginning at the westerly corner of a tract of land called Prouts 
Gore in the line of North Yarmouth thence north west seven 
miles adjoining said North Yarmouth thence north east to 
Androscoggin river thence South easterly by the middle of said 
river to the head line of Brunswick thence South westerly adjoin- 
ing the head line of Brunswick and said Prouts Gore to the first 
mentioned bounds with the inhabitants thereon be and hereby 
are incorporated into a town by the name of Durham and 
invested with all the powers, privileges and immunities that 
towns in this Commonwealth do or may by law enjoy. 

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that 
Samuel Merrill Esq. be and he is impowered and required to 
issue his Warrant to some principal inhabitant of Said town of 
Durham directing him to warn the Inhabitants thereof to assem- 
ble at some convenient time and place in said town, to choose 
all such officers as by law are to be chosen annually in the 
months of March or April. 

In the House of Representatives Feb. 16, 1789. 

This bill having had three several readings passed to be 
enacted, William Heath, Speakr. 

In Senate Feb. 17th 1789. 

This bill having had two several readings passed to be 
enacted. Sam -] Phillips, V. President. 

Approved John Hancock 

A true copy Attest. 

John Avery, Jr., Secy. 



24 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

The first town meeting of Durham was held March 17, 1789. 
Samuel Merrill Esq., was moderator, Ebenezer Newell, clerk ; 
John Cushing Esq., Lieut. Nathaniel Gerrish and Thomas Fisher 
Selectmen. 

May 4, 1791, the town voted 21 to o that the " Destrict of 
.Main be Set off into a Separate State." May 7, 1792, another 
vote was taken on the same proposition and there were 11 yeas 
to 20 nays. April 7, 1807, the vote on same proposition stood 
6 yeas to 113 nays. The agitation continued and May 20, 1816, 
the vote was 45 for separation and 54 against. Another vote 
was taken Sept. 2 of the same year resulting in 55 yeas to 92 
nays. Notwithstanding all this opposition the separation took 
place in 1820. 

It seems that no one could settle in the town without permis- 
sion. The following, found on the Town Records, will interest 
many : — 

Cumberland Ss. to Benjamin Vining Constable for the said 

Town of Durham Greeting. 

You are in the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
directed To warn, and give notice unto Samuel Jordan, Jcdediah 
Jordan. Daniel Roberson, Paul Dyer of Cape Elizabeth. . . .John 
Stackpole, Jeremiah .Smith. James Johnson of Harpswell, Daniel 
Harmon of Standish, Elias Davis of Bakerstown, Ezekiel Turner 
of Freeport, and Samuel Proctor of Falmouth, Labourers in the 
Town of Durham and County of Cumberland, Which above 
named persons, has lately come into this Town for the Purpose 
of abiding therein, not having obtained the Towns consent. 
Therefore that they depart the Limits thereof. With their 
Children And others under their care, if any they have, within 
fifteen days. And of this precept, with your doings thereon, 
you are to make Return into the office of the Town, within 
Twenty days next Coming, that such further proceedings may 

be had in the premises, As the Law Directs Given under 

our hands and Seal, at Durham aforesaid this 25 day February 
A. D. 1793. Nathaniel Garish. Select- 

Aaron ( (sg'i lod, men. 

Attest, Martin Rourk, Town Clerk 

Pursuant to the within Warrant, 1 have warned those persons 
within mentioned To Depart the Limits of the Town. As soon 
as may be. or within fifteen days, from the date thereof. 
Benjamin Vining, Constable. 

A true copy, Martin Rourk, T. Clerk. 

Durham. March ye 14. [793. 



ORGANIZATION AND INCORPORATION 25 

In similar manner John Hibbard and family and James Hib- 
bard and " Nethanel Merril and now wife of Gofftown in the 
County of Hillsborough Labourer and Betty B. Merrill Single 
woman of the Same Town " were warned out of town in 1791. 
There is no evidence of their departure, and some of them 
became honored citizens. They probably complied with the 
legal formalities. 

There was much dispute between the first settlers and the 
Pejepscot Proprietors. Many seem to have been squatters. For 
their contentment the Mass. Court passed a " Betterment Act " 
in 1798 so that settlers could not be ousted without payment for 
improvements made. Under this act Nathaniel Dummer, John 
Lord and Ichabod Goodwin, Esquires, were appointed Com- 
missioners to survey the lands in dispute and adjust the claims. 
They fixed a price for each farm, on payment of which the Pro- 
prietors were under legal obligation to give a deed to the 
settlers. The report of the commissioners was submitted to Gov. 
Caleb Strong July 12, 1804. It is here given so far as it pertains 
to Durham. The original is in the Mass. Archives. I have cor- 
rected the speiling. 

Names of Settlers. No. 

William McKenny, 
Heirs of Nathaniel Gerrish, 
Thomas Lambert, 
Micah Dyer and Nathaniel Merrill, 
Samuel Mitchell, 
Isaac Lambert, 
Gideon Bragdon, 
Robert Hunnewell. 
Jonathan Libby, 
John Larrabee, 
William Blake. 

Daniel Robinson. Richard Mitchell, 
Job Larrabee, 
Magnus Ridlon. 

Chas. Kelley and Nath'l Wilbur, 
Eiisha Douglas, 
Thomas Larrabee, 
Amos Parker, 
Ephraim Bragdon. 
Daniel Harmon N. E. half, 
Zebulon York, 
Joshua Fickett, 



of Lot. 


Acres. 


Value. 


139 


100 


$97.60 




77 


82.23 




25 


47-50 


79 


35 


59-92 


90 


48* 


92-I5 


90 


46J 


88.35 


us 


100 


92.80 


136 


50 


58.80 


158 


100 


97.60 


134 


100 


92.80 


123 


100 


103.20 


92 


100 


1 14.00 


137 


100 


128.60 


112 


100 


I35- 60 


i33 


100 


139.20 


117 


100 


132.00 


140 


100 


146.40 


122 


100 


142.80 


116 


100 


88.00 


127 


50 


52:00 


146 


100 


59.20 


156 


100 


146.40 



26 HISTORY OF DURHAM 



William Thomas, N. E. half, 

Daniel True, 

Ebenezer Bragdon, 

John Hoyt and Isaac Davis, 

Jonathan Bragdon, 

James Parker and William Wilson, 

Andrew Adams, 

iSiath'l Gerrish, So. half, 

James Hibbard, 

Christopher Tracy, 

John Vining, So. half, 

James Blethen, 

Jacob Sawyer, 

Joseph Knight, 

David Grossman, 

Jonathan Beal, 

Solomon Tracy, Nath'l Getchell, 

Bela Vining, N. E. half, 



IOI 


50 


$95.20 


119 


100 


142.80 


108 


100 


176.00 


124 


100 


94.40 


131 


100 


95.20 


64 


100 


85.00 


58 


100 


99.60 


73 


50 


95.20 


77 


100 


132.80 


78 


100 


123.20 


75 


50 


60.60 


62 


100 


128.00 


109 


100 


1 24.80 


60 


100 


118.40 


22 &23 


100 


80.80 


61 


100 


132.80 


47 


100 


70.80 


65 


50 


20.00 



ROADS, FERRIES, AND BRIDGES 2J 

IV. 

ROADS, FERRIES, AND BRIDGES 

It is certain that lumber roads existed in different parts of 
Royalsborough before its settlement. Ship-builders in North 
Yarmouth and Freeport, then called Harrisicket, penetrated into 
the township for masts and timber. June 26, 1766, the Proprie- 
tors chose Jonathan Bagley and Moses Little a " committee to 
lay out a road and build a log house in Royalsborough for 
accommodation of the settlement." This implies that there were 
settlers in the town at that date. They doubtless reached their 
homes by means of the old logging roads. 

Traces may still be seen of an old mast road that led from 
the " Great Meadow Pond " southwesterly to the County Road. 
It is related of Cornelius Douglas that some time before 1770 he 
with other young men went from Harpswell twenty-five miles 
into the interior in search of grass. They found a small tract 
of land clear of timber, where the beavers had formerly built a 
dam across a small stream overflowing several acres. The dam 
had been partially torn away by hauling masts over it, which 
drained the meadow, causing the wild grass to grow in great 
abundance. These young men cut and stacked a supply of this ; 
then retracing their steps, guided only by spotted trees, they 
returned home, reaching there late in autumn. They then pro- 
vided themselves with the necessary articles for camp life, drove 
their father's cattle to their newly discovered territory, where 
they built a rude camp for themselves and a hovel for the cattle. 
They spent their time in tending the stock and making baskets ; 
thus the winter passed quite pleasantly. It was by these fre- 
quent visits to the back woods, that Cornelius chose his future 
home. 1 

The place referred to was the Great Meadow Pond, in the 
southern part of the town, whose outlet into the Androscoggin 
river was " Joseph Noyes's River Brook," so called on the Town 

'See the Douglas Genealogy by J. Lufkin Douglas, p. 29. 



28 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

Records. Here was an ancient saw-mill, and a road ran there- 
from across Snow's farm and just above the point where the 
road from Methodist Corner joins the Brunswick road and so on 
back of the old Gerrish house, where A. True Osgood recently 
lived, to connect with the County Road near the Freeport line. 
The road has probably not been used for a century, but it was 
the oldest road in Durham. It was the existence of this logging" 
road that led Major Charles Gerrish to build his house where 
he did. " The path that goes to Capt. Gerrish's " from the 
County Road is mentioned in 1775, in the Town Records. That 
path is still in existence as a private road. 

About the same time there must have been a rough road 
from the Mast Landing at Harrisicket to South West Bend. A 
petition, dated Oct. 3, 1769, for a County Road, is on record 
at the County Commissioners' Office in Portland. It was 
signed by Enoch Freeman, Jonathan Bagley, Joshua Freeman, 
Jr., Daniel Ilsley, Obediah Berry, and John Robinson. The 
committee appointed to run out the road consisted of Ephraim 
Jones, Joshua Freeman, Jr., Daniel Ilsley, Peter Xoyes and Benj. 
Humphrey. The survey was made by Ephraim Jones. Their 
report is dated Oct. 23, 1770. It mentions an accompanying 
"plan," which is thought to have been lost when the British 
bombarded and burned Falmouth in 1776. A good copy of it 
was made, however, by Jonathan Bagley for the Proprietors' 
clerk, which is still preserved among the Pejepscot Records. 

The road as surveyed began " at a brook about 60 rods below 
the middle of the South west Bend of Androscoggin River." 
This is marked on the plan as a Trout Brook. It was afterward 
known as Dyer's Brook, from the fact that it ran through Micah 
Dyer's farm. The road ran up along the river bank a short 
distance and then turned toward the south and followed its 
present course. A mile and twenty rods from the river it 
crossed the same "Trout Brook" and soon came to Thomas 
" Coffins' cleared land " on the easterly side. Just beyond was 

'Oct. 28, 1771, Coffin sold this lot, No. 53, to JoSfah Dunn, who sold 
half of it to Nathaniel Gerrish in 1777. The Records of Royalsborough 
tell us that March 25, 1776, the town voted " tKat there be liberty to 
Erect a gate across the County Road below CapK Dunn's at the bridge." 
This bridge must have been over the Trout Brook mentioned above, 
afterward called Dyer's Brook. The gate was. probably, to prevent from 
straying too far the hogs, sheep and cattle that ran at large. Thomas 
Coffin took a deed of lot No. 2 Dec. 10. 1771. but did not long remain in 



ROADS, FERRIES, AND BRIDGES 29 

marked the distance of two miles from the river. Then came 
Phineas "Frost's cleared land" on the westerly side, and a little 
further on, and on the west side, "Ezra (O. Israel) Bagley's 
Frame and cleared land, and the middle of the road is six rods 
to the Northward of said Frame." Just beyond and on the same 
side of the road the surveyors came to Thomas Pearson's 
cleared land," and then was reached the mark indicating three 
miles from the river. Next on the easterly side was "Vallentine 
Bagley's cleared land," and then they came, on the opposite 
side of the road, to "the south corner of Orlander Bagley's 
cleared land to a beach tree marked 4 miles. " Then came 
cleared land of Col. Bagley and the "North Yarmouth line," five 
miles from the river. The road then passed over Bagley's 
"Bridge at the east branch of Royall's River, and so on to 
the line between Moses Morrili and Jonathan Griffin." A little 
further on the road ran "abreast of the dividing line between 
Joseph and Joshua Mitchell" and so on "to a road between 
Joseph Mitchell and Dennison's land." This was the road to 
Brunswick built in i/i". Then the County Road passed 
through Dennison's land "to Benjamin Rackley's land" and 
" down to the point of Mitchell's landing," ' known afterward 
us Porter's Landing. The Survey is of great interest as showing 
who lived along this road in 1770. 

This road was the highway of commerce for many years. 
Along it goods were hauled to South West Bend, then rowed 
up the river, hauled around Dresser's Rips, and so on to Lewis- 
ton and regions beyond. This was the route by which Lawrence 
Harris carried his goods to Lewiston in 1771 . O. Israel Bagley 
tecords that he hi ought the iron work for Josiah Little's mill at 
Lewiston from Harrisicket along this road in 1783. Here were 
the earliest settlements. About midway between the North 
Yarmouth line and the river was for twenty years the business 
center of the town. Here the church was built. Near by was 
the first school-house. Here O. Israel Bagley kept the first 
store and public house. There were at least two potash manu- 
factories, one belonging to Bagley, the other to John Dow. 

town. A Thomas Coffin married Mary Fogg in Freeport Aug. 29, 1770. 
Their eleven children are recorded in the Town Records of Freeport. 
It is, doubtless, the same man above mentioned. 

'See Pejepscot Records, Vol. VIII. 69. 



3o 



HISTORY OF DURHAM 



The transportation of goods from S. W. Bend to Lewiston 
by water was not sufficiently easy and expeditious. For this 
reason, and to open up new land for settlement, O. Israel Bagley 
was employed by the Proprietors in 1781 to build the river road 
" from South West Bend to the Line of Royalsborough." It 
was continued all the way to what is now the City of Auburn. 
The bill of settlement is still preserved and is here given in full. 



"Dr Cap. O. Israel Bagley 
To 227ft Cotton (cfc 2/8 £30. 5. 



To 206ft Sugar@ /y:J 


8. 


4- 





To 15 gallons N. L. 








Rum " 5 


3- 


15- 





To 10 Silk Hankerchiefs 


2 


H- 





To 4 yd Silk @ 16/ 


3- 


4- 





To 4 Silk Hankerchiefs 


1. 


4- 





To 16 yd Duch Lace 





17- 






£50: 4: 2 



Royalsborough April 10, 1784 

then Ballanced all accounts as 

witnis my hand 

Josiah Little 



To Josiah Little Cr. 1781. 
By 184 Day work on 
the Rode from the 
South west Bend to 
the Line of Royal 
Bourough Clearing 
Rodes & Building 
Bridges @ 4/ 36.16. 

By 8 Day my Self in 
overseeing the 

workmen @ 4 1.12. 

By Paying your 

fathers ord M. Dyer 2. 8. o 
By 6m Shingles @ 9/4 2.16. o 
By 5m Shingles @ 9/4 2. 6. 8 
By 6\ Hundred Clab- 

boards @ 4/ 1. 8. o 

By your Paying 

freight 0:11. O 

By 10 Days work on 
the Bridge over the 
Little Androscog- 
gin River 2. o. o 



£49:17: 8 
5v cash to Ballance o. 6. 6 



£50. 4. 2 

This road began at the end of the County Road and followed 
the bank of the river. It has since been moved back over the 
hill by the Union Church at S. W. Bend in 1828; aiso 
at Garcelon's or Dingley's Ferry and along by James Wagg's in 
South Auburn. At all these points the old road was on the 
river bank. In O. Israel Bagley's account book there is an 
interesting entry connected with the building of this road. It 
reads thus : " Went to work upon Luestown Royd October 4, 




& 1 



ROADS, FERRIES, AND BRIDGES 3 I 

1781." Then follow the names of the men employed and the 
number of days each worked. Major Charles Gerrish 8 days : 
William Gerrish 10 : Charles Gerrish 1 : George Gerrish 1 : 
Ezekiel Jones 9: Simeon Sanborn 17: John Blake 7: " Wilan " 
Deans 8: John Randall 31 : O. Israel Bagley 25 : John Deans 1 : 
John Farr 1 : Lemuel McGray 4: Benjamin Vining 23: Pelatiah 
Warren 17: Nathaniel Gerrish 5: Stephen Weston 2: Ebenezer 
Roberts 4: Samuel Green 7: Samuel Ray 3. 

This road built by Bagley for the Proprietors was afterward 
laid out as a County Road by the following Commissioners : 
John Lewis, David Mitchell, Samuel Merrill, Isaac Parsons and 
William Widgery, Esq. Their report is dated Oct. 17, 1791. 
The survey began at the " Turner Road," a little below Hildreth's 
Ferry, just south of the mouth of the Little Androscoggin River, 
and " near Great Androscoggin River." It ran " two rods 

southwesterly of James Wagg's house'' "near Josselyn's 

Ferry,". ..." two and a half rods N. Easterly of Bagley's barn," 
which stood near where George Miller now lives. ..." until it 
strikes the County Road formerly laid out in Durham." The 
expense of laying out the road was one hundred and fifty-five 
pounds, three shillings and four pence. 

The building of this road led immediately to the settlement 
of the northern part of the town, and after fifteen years every 
lot to the old Pejepscot, later Danville, later still Auburn, line 
was settled. The business center was transferred from the 
County Road to the region between " Eunice's Brook " and 
" Stoddard's Tavern." 

Let us take an imaginary ride along the River Road in 1801, 
starting from the Bend. Keeping close to the river bank we 
pass first the house built by Hon. John Cushing, and occupied 
by Abel Curtis later. It long ago disappeared. In the gulley 
north of it we see the tannery of Samuel Field and then we 
come to the house built by Dr. John Converse, where Simeon 
Bailey long lived. It was burned a few years ago. Near the 
mouth of "Eunice's Brook" is the house of William Gerrish. In 
1832 he built the brick house now occupied by Andrew G. Fitz. 
The brick were made by him on the river bank. After crossing 
the Brook an old rangeway joins the River Road, and now we 
are in the heart of the city, so to speak. Here is the hotel kept 
by Joseph Proctor, 1795-1810. The building was afterward 



32 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

moved up on the hill on the back road and was the residence of 
Joseph Weeman. North of the hotel is a large two-story house, 
some say built by Joseph Little. Here lived Dr. David G. 
Barker. The house was moved onto the hill at the Bend and is 
now the residence of Dea. Wm. Hascall. Foster Waterman had 
his law-office near by a little later and David Bowie his bakery. 
Samuel Merrill had a house and store, and a little later Meshack 
Purington lived in this region. All these buildings were upon 
the old farm of Col. Jonathan Bagley, which occupied three lots. 
Tradition says that his house and barn stood a little north of 
where Herbert Miller now lives. Miller's house was built by 
James Strout in 1836. Strout bought the place in 1809. We 
next pass the house of Elijah Macomber a little north of George 
Miller's present house. Macomber settled here in 1801. His 
house long ago was destroyed by fire. Here also was a country 
store. Next north was later the residence of Capt. Jonathan 
Strout, and about opposite where Mr. White now lives was 
Dain's Ferry, kept by John Dain who lived on the Lisbon side 
at this time, 1799-1818. Thirty years earlier he lived on the 
County Road, opposite the old North Meeting House. 

We now come to two large, two-story houses, built in 1800 
and 1S01 by the brothers Abel and William Stoddard. Both are 
still standing and occupied by Everett Macomber and Josiah 
Williams. The first was " Stoddard's Tavern." Here Secomb 
Jordan, Esq., afterward lived and kept store in a building near 
by, which was later moved to S. W. Bend and was for nearly 
half a century the shop of James H. Eveleth, shoe-maker. 
Stoddard bought this farm in 1797 of Samuel Merrill for $1000, 
and Merrill bought it of John dishing. The row of stately elm 
trees was planted in 1801. Jordan was succeeded here in trade 
by the brothers Henry and Joseph Moore from Newfield, Me. 
Henry married Rhoda, dau. of Secomb Jordan and died 13 Sept. 
1843, aged 45 yrs. Joseph married a daughter of Thomas Pierce, 
Esq., and settled in Lisbon. The Williams farm was also owned 
by Samuel Merrill, who may have come from New Gloucester. 
He died in 1800. He was an active business man, farmer, 
lumberman and Justice of Peace. His house stood north-west 
of Williams'" and back in the field across the brook. William 
Stoddard built the present Williams house in 1801. George 



ROADS, FERRIES, AND BRIDGES 33 

Williams was employed as a carpenter in the building of the 
house and bought it in 1825. 

"'Dam Brook," so called in the town records of a century a°-o, 
received its name because of the beaver dams upon it, traces of 
which and of the elliptical dome-shaped beaver house may still 
be clearly seen. Here, doubtless, beaver were trapped by 
Indians, whose stone hatchets and spear-heads have been found 
on a hill near by. In 1804 Secomb Jordan was paid $87.52 for 
building a bridge across Dam Brook. Again in 1807 Isaac 
Lambert and Nathaniel Gerrish were paid $63, for rebuilding 
this bridge. In 1804 Abel Stoddard was allowed $4, for people 
passing through his land in time of freshet. These items show 
how history repeats itself. Many a time have these farms been 
overflowed. The "great freshet" of 1814, when families had to 
leave their homes by night in boats, was repeated in 1896. 

Just beyond the mouth of Dam Brook lived John Skinner, 
who sold his farm in 1808 to Samuel Nichols Jr. Later it was 
occupied by Joseph Miller. 

Next we come to the old Secomb Jordan place. The house 
now occupied by Millard Dingley was built over eighty years ago 
for Apollos Jordan, whose widow was the second wife of 
Jeremiah Dingley, who long lived here. The oldest Jordan 
house stood near the road and further north. It disappeared 
half a century ago. A few apple-trees mark the site. 

The next square, two-story house was built by William 
Webster in 1798. It was burned in 1893. In front of it, on the 
river bank we see, in 1801, the first school-house of this district, 
afterward occupied by Webster as a shop for the manufacture of 
yokes, ploughs and axe-handles. The second school-house was 
a few rods below it, afterwards moved and desecrated as a pig- 
pen by Israel Mitchell. The third school-house was the little 
red one by the big elm trees below Dingley's, where also stands 
the fourth, for which there seems to be now no use. Four 
ancient districts of Durham and So. Auburn must be combined 
in order to make up a school of fourteen pupils. 

Beyond Webster's, now William Stackpole's, and on a hill- 
top by the rangeway stands, in 1801, the square one-story house 
facing the river, built by John Stackpole about 1792. It was 
burned in 1837, and the present house was then built by Samuel 



34 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

O. Stackpole. Nothing but a bridle-path along spotted trees led 
to it before 1800. 

" House's Brook River" is so named in the town records nearly 
a century ago. Tradition says that on the head waters of this 
stream lived at one time a man named House. He tried one- 
dark night to cross on a log the brook swollen by rains. Was 
it the favorite beverage that caused him to fall into the water? 
At any rate he was drowned, and the brook has immortalized 
his name. Another form of the legend is that he was acci- 
dentally drowned while employed in the construction of a bridge 
over the brook. Who was this man House? No mention of 
his name is found on the town records. No living person 
remembers aught of him or of his family. Among the papers 
of Col. Jonathan Bagley at Amesbury, Mass., there is found an 
agreement, dated 26 July 1773, between Bagley and Elisha 
Mouse of Sherburn, Mass. The said House was to enter upon, 
cut down the trees and clear up all the stuff and fix for sowing 
grain, planting corn and pasturing, the northwesterly half of a 
100 acre lot, No. 82, in Royalsborough, within the space of five 
years, to clear ten acres every year and build a good sufficient 
lawful fence on the line in the middle and on each end, said 
Bagley to find one half the grass seed to sow what land he shall 
improve the first year, to find one half the seed corn and half 
the grain to sow and plant yearly, to provide one yoke of oxen 
and build a barn. Bagley was to have half the produce and 
half the hay, and at the end of five years to give to the said 
Elisha House a good and lawful Warrantee Deed of the other 
half of the lot. Here is probably the man for whom was named 
"House's Brook River." The agreement was never fulfilled. 
House's Brook has been famous for pickerel for a century. I 
have seen a score of persons fishing there by the light of bon- 
fires. 

North of the Brook we come to the farm of Samuel Mitchell 
who brought his wife, Betsey Dingley, all the way from Cape 
Elizabeth on horse-back and moved into a corn-barn as a tem- 
porary residence, while his house was being built. The next 
house is that of Dea. Isaac Lambert. The original house is still 
standing and occupied by Herbert Wagg. Here was born the 
Hon. Nelson Dingley, Jr.; also William Henry Lambert. See 
biographical sketches. 



ROADS, FERRIES, AND BRIDGES 35 

If we were to continue our ride to the northern limit of 
ancient Durham we would pass the spot where now is the ceme- 
tery, in which sleep many of the persons already mentioned, and 
come to the house of John Dow, which became some years 
later Simeon Blethen's, where later dwelt for many years 
Dea. William Dingley. Then we should come to Thomas 
Proctor's house. He was succeeded by his son William, and 
he by Augustus Parker. Next was the farm of Elias Staten who 
is said to have come from Virginia. He married in Cape Eliza- 
beth, 13 Nov. 1796 Keziah Atwood. He died in Lewiston 3 
May 1850, aged 79 yrs. His farm was occupied later by Elder 
Shimuel Owen, who was born in Topsham 2 April 1771 and died 
here 29 Dec. 185 1, a preacher of the old Calvinistic school. 

Above Staten's we come to William Dingley *s, ancestor of 
about all by that surname in Androscoggin County. The old 
house is still standing, one of the most ancient landmarks along 
the road. The Ferry here was once much in use. 

There is very little found in the records of Royalsbormigh 
about road-making. A few days' works were voted on the 
County and private roads. March 25, 1774, it was voted that 
each man in the town do four days' work on the " road between 
the first and second range of lots, said road leading to the 
County Road that leads by North Yarmouth and the private 
road." This road, laid out by the Proprietors across the 
southern part of the town past the Friends' meeting-house and on 
to Freeport, is still in use. In the early times it extended easterly 
straight on to the river, where there was a ferry to connect with 
the Topsham road and with Little River Plantation, that lay 
between Little and Sabattus Rivers. Little River was once an 
industrious place, having six saw-mills and a woolen mill upon 
its narrow waters. Lisbon Falls, built a half mile above it, must 
be distinguished from the ancient village of "Little River." 
The ferry just alluded to is called on the old Records "Jones' 
Ferry," since Lemuel Jones lived close by it on lot No. 9. 
Later it is called "Estes Ferry." 

On petition of the Pejepscot Proprietors a road was accepted 
by the town of Brunswick in 1773, leading from that village to 
Royalsborough. It was a crooked thing and kept pretty close 
to the bank of the Androscoggin. It was extended up to meet 
the rangeway between lots 78 and 62. This led to a distinct 
settlement. Among: the earlv families on this road were those of 



36 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

Rev. Christopher Tracy, Reuben Blethen, Jonathan Beal, the 
Getchells, Joseph Knight, Solomon and David Grossman, 
Lemuel Jones, and Andrew Pinkham. 

There was an old mast road leading from the County road at 
the meeting-house to a mast camp near Chandler's Mill. This 
is mentioned as an old road in 1789. It probably existed as 
early as 1766, when the Mill was built. It has long been discon- 
tinued, yet traces of corduroy construction along swampy lands 
may still be seen. 

The "road leading from O. Israel Bagley's to Chandler's 
Mill" is incidentally mentioned in a deed in 1780 and is dotted, 
in part, on the chart of the town. It passes through Methodist 
Corner to the County Road. In 1796 a road was surveyed along 
this route from New Gloucester to Brunswick, entering Durham 
and running "to the Howing of the Pond nearly 4 rods above 
Chandler's saw-mill so-called, thence across said Pond, computed 
eight rods, to the height of a rock by the side of said Pond. . . .to 

a rangeway in Durham near Samuel York's house in the 

above mentioned rangeway, four rods 8 links N. 26 E. 

from the Back door of William True's dwelling house, to the 
County Road leading from Hildrake's Landing to Freeport 

Landing, near Ci.pt. Bagley's Potash, to a County Road, 

the three last courses being in said County Road, to the 

Range Road near W. Sanborn's dwelling house in said Range- 
Road, to the middle of the town road near the Quaker 

Meeting House in said Durham," and so on to Brunswick. 

The "road that leads from the North Church to Gerrish's 
Mill," is mentioned in 1775. It was laid out by the Proprietors' 
surveyor. Its continuance to the river, near Christopher Tracy's, 
iot 78, is called the Rangeway in 1795, when a road was laid out 
by the town connecting this rangeway with Beal's Landing and 
Ferry, opposite lot 61, where Jonathan Beal lived. This Ferry 
was continued till 1818, when the bridges were built at S. W. 
Bend and Little River. 

In 1789 a road was laid out "beginning at the Town Line 
between land of G. Ferguson and Joseph Paul, thence running 
N. E. about 224 rods or till it come within about five rods of 
the N. Easterly Corner of G. Goodwin's Land, thence X. W. and 
b\ X. between the Land of the said Goodwin and Land of E. 
Warren about 46 rods till it strike the westerly line of the said 



ROADS, FERRIES, AND BRIDGES 37 

Warren's Land, thence North Easterly on said Line till it come 
within Seven Rods of Abil True's Land, thence about North till 
it strikes the Line between the said Abil True's Land, and Land 
of Arch Morrill Seven Rods from the S. W. Corner of the said 
Abil's Land, thence on the line between the said Abil and Arch's 
Land 160 rods to the road leading- from the County Road "near 
Capt. Bagley's to Chandler's Mill." There seems to have been a 
road leading from where the one just mentioned ends to the Meet- 
ing-House and so connecting with the road leading to Gerrish's 
Mill and Real's Ferry. In 1803 a County Road was laid out lead- 
ing along this route from Walnut Hill to Tracy's Narrows, a 
distance of fourteen and a half miles. It entered Durham near 
George Ferguson's dwelling house, "4 rods and 21 links south- 
east of the east corner thereof abreast with the back side 

of Ebenezer Warren's dwelling house, and two rods and 14 links 

distant from the southeast corner thereof abreast of the 

front side of Enoch Davis's dwelling house and 5 rods and 9 

links from the southeasterly corner thereof abreast with 

the east end of Durham meeting house and three rods and 4 
links distant from the southeast corner thereof to Andro- 
scoggin River at Tracy's Narrows." There were allowed for 
damages to William True $380, to Enoch Davis $80, to John 
Gushing $40. This road was changed bt the Commissioners, 
on petition, in 1805, to run from Ferguson's "to the County 

Road leading from New Gloucester to Brunswick by 

Deacon True's, northwest of William Mitchell's barn 

to the center of the bridge southwesterly of John Gushing Jun's 

Dwelling House to the center of the town road by Martin 

Rourke's leading to the North Meeting House, to the 

brow of a Gully, to the cross Range road leading by 

Benjamin Vining's to the center of the river County Road 

two rods from the easterly corner of David Dyer's House, 
thence 10 rods to two rods in front of Symond Baker's eastern 

end door, to the river opposite Boswell's Point." There 

were allowed for damages to Ebenezer Warren $30, to William 
Mitchell $75, to Michael Dyer $25. June 26. 1805. it was 
voted to "give George Ferguson the old road in lieu of the post 
road laid out by the County.' The road from Methodist 
Corner to S. W. Bend, through which this post road ran, is 
mentioned as a "Rangeway" in use in 1791. It was laid out on 



38 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

the Proprietors' plan. It was long called the " Hallowell Road," 
since this was the stage line from Portland to Hallowell. Let 
the old names continue to be used. 

It will be noticed that the road from S. W. Bend to Methodist 
Corner was originally straight. It came out over the hill west 
of the Methodist Church, and at the other end it terminated some 
rods north of where Wesley Day now lives. 

The road from S. W. Bend to Gerrish's Mill was laid out in 
1795. A county Road from Brunswick to S. W. Bend by 
Gerrish's Mill "through Noyes' Land" was laid out in 1801. 
South of Noyes' 800 acres the road was laid out to Brunswick 
line in 1789. Edward Estes, Micajah Dudley, Elijah Douglas, 
Hugh Getchel, Josiah Day, Joshua Babb and Benjamin Babb 
are mentioned as then living along this road. 

In 1791 a road was accepted leading from the "Northwest 
corner of Benjamin Yining's lot, No. 71, on the Rangeway 
running Southwest to a Rangeway adjoining lot 103, thence 
running Northwest to the head of the Town." This is the 
"Back Road" one tier of lots from the river. The Rangeway to 
connect it with the " River Road," between the lots of Stackpole 
and Webster was accepted in 1801, though it had been used in 
a rough state for several years. At the same date were accepted 
Rangeways between tots 85 and 86 and between lots 83 and 84, 
but these roads seem never to have been completed. 

"Aug. 13, 1801. This day run a Rangeway: — Beginning at 
southwest corner of Lott : No. 127 and 128: thence North- 
easterly to Androscoggin river" signed by Isaac Davis and 

George Ferguson, Selectmen. 

In 1793 the Selectmen of Durham and of Frceport agreed 
that "the Road commonly known as the Quaker Road shall be 
the line by which said Durham and Freeport shall tax to, till 
su'eh a time as the line may be settled between Front's and 
Bagley's Gores by the Proprietors of said Gores, likewise to the 
ancient N. Yarmouth line from said Road to the Head of said 
Frceport." This old "Quaker Road" ran from the 
Friends' Meeting House to the County Road, over the hills, 
nearly parallel with and perhaps a mile distant from the oldest 
Mast Road above mentioned that ran by the original cabin of 
Major Charles Gerrish. This "Quaker Road" has long been 
out of use. 



ROADS, FERRIES, AND BRIDGES 39 

The road between lots 95 and 96 running "southwest the 
length of two lots" was laid out in 1800. It was on the 
Proprietors' Chart and must have been somewhat in use before 
that date. This road was continued in 1813 till it met the "Minot 
Road," so called. 

The County Road through the Northwest corner of the town 
was built in 1806. It was long called the "Minot Road," since it 
was the regular stage line from Portland to Minot, or to that part 
of Minot which was afterward called " Goff's Corner *' and is now- 
better known as the city of Auburn. The Town Treasurer's 
book gives the names of the men employed in building the road, 
who were nearly all settlers in that vicinity. They were Isaac 
Davis, Thomas Larrabee, Job Larrabee, John Larrabee, Vinson 
Fickett, Meshack Purington, Moses Larrabee, William Libby, 
Moses Hunnewell, William McKenney, John Martin, Lemuel 
Rice, Robert Hunnewell, Benjamin Hunnewell, Thomas Water- 
house, Dominicus Libby. Dennis Libby, Benjamin Hunnewell 
Jr., Nathaniel Larrabee, Joseph Larrabee, Joshua Fickett, Joseph 
Weeman, and John Gushing Jr. 

'Guide Posts, in 1823, were erected, by advice of James Strout, 
Elijah Macomber, and Thomas Pierce, Selectmen, "at Josiah 
Day Jr., Lisbon Bridge, South West Bend, Friends' Meeting 
House, George Gerrish's, Samuel Sawyer's, Methodist Corner, 
James Gerrish's Mill, North Meeting House, Ebenezer Newell's, 
Barnabas Strout's, Joseph Philbrook's, Josiah Day's, Waitstill 
Webber's." 

Jones's Ferry, afterward called Estes' Ferry, has already been 
mentioned at the southern part of the town, at the terminus of 
the first rangeway. It was kept for many years by Jeremiah 
Getchell, who also became the first toll collector when the 
bridge was built at Lisbon Falls in 1818. Beal's Ferry has also 
been mentioned, opposite lot 61 — just below Tracy's Island. It 
was first thought to build the bridge between Durham and 
Lisbon at or near this place, but South West Bend and Little 
River each wanted it and as neither would yield to its rival, two 
bridges were built the same year. The one near the Bend took 
the place of " Dyer's Ferry " that had long been in existence. 

'The first mention of Guide Boards is in an order given March 8, 
1/95 "to Ebenezer Ayers for making & panting four goid bords @ 9s 
1. 16.0. " 



40 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

The Town Records mention both bridges in 1819 as having 
been recently built. The bridge near the Bend fell Aug. 8, [829, 
carrying down a loaded team and two men. One of them, 
Joseph Weenian, was killed ; the other, Orlando Merrill, 
escaped. It was twice rebuilt, once in 1833. This fell in 1839. 
The last one was carried away by a freshet in 1844. Tradition 
says that James Sawyer, William Green, and Lemuel McGray 
were on it and were carried down river four hundred rods and 
taken off in a boat. Many attempts have beeen made to induce 
I lie towns and the County to rebuild but without success. 
''McGray's Ferry" was the immediate successor to the bridge, 
and under other names there has been a ferry there unto this 
day. 

"Dain's Ferry" was a mile or more above the island, and 
was kept 1799-1818 by John Dain, who lived on the Wagg farm, 
on the Lisbon side. The landing on the Durham side was 
opposite where Mr. White now lives. Just above this 
ferry was the fording place, where in my boyhood 1 have seen 
droves of cattle fording the river, on their way to Brighton 
market. 

It may not be known to many that there was once a ferry at 
the northern part of the town, opposite the dwelling house of 
Samuel Stackpole. The Rangeway once terminated near a pine 
tree still standing a little north of the present terminus, and the 
ferry landing was just south of that tree. I have heard my 
father speak of it and I remember seeing on the opposite bank 
traces of the timbers to which the rope was fastened. Here 
lived David Thompson, who married Lydia Stackpole. They 
were the grandparents of Hon. W. W. Stetson, Supt. of the 
Schools of Maine. 

Ancient Durham had another ferry, called "Dingley's" or 
"Garcelon's" according as one approached it from the Durham 
or from the Lewiston side. The line between Durham and 
Danville was for years 1805-15 on the northern boundary 
of the old Dingley farm, now occupied by Orrin Libby of South 
Auburn. This was until recent years a much frequented 
crossing place. 

The accompanying map will enable the reader better to 
understand the location of roads and ferries. A comparison of 
this with the former map shows that the actual roads differ 



Durham. 




ROADS, FERRIES, AND BRIDGES 



41 



greatly from those projected upon the surveyor's chart. By 
comparing the following numbers with those on the map one 
may learn the location of churches, mills and most of the original 
settlers. The figures on the map indicate pretty nearly the loca- 
tion of the oldest houses. 

William Webster. 

John Stackpole. 

Samuel Mitchell. 

Isaac Lambert. 

Samuel Robinson. 

David Miller. 

Joshua Miller. 

Joshua Jones. 

Joseph Weeman. 

Edward Fifield. 

Isaac Davis. 

William Roak. 

Nathaniel Parker. 

Wm. Larrabee. 

George Bowie. 

Magnus Ridlon. 

Nathaniel Wilbur. 

Thomas Larrabee. 

Thomas Waterhouse. 

George Rice. 

Wm. Pollister. 

Robert Plummer. 

Samuel Roberts. 

John Ellis. 

Judah Chandler. Isaac Turner. 

Samuel York. 

Zebulon York. 

Wm. Roberts. 

John Randall, Ezekiel Turner? 

William True. 

Abel True, Wm. Miller. 

Jonathan Currier, Daniel Har- 
mon. 

Ebenezer Warren. 

George Goodwin. 

George Ferguson. 

Joseph Paul. Matthew Duran. 

Ezekiel Jones, Thomas Pierce. 

Ebenezer Roberts. 

Joshua Snow. 

Stephen Hart. Nicholas Var- 
ney. 

Batchelder Ring. 

Reuben Tuttle. 

Joseph Estes. 

Samuel Clough. 

Noah Jones. Jotham Johnson. 

Micajah Dudley. 

Andrew Pinkham. 

Lemuel Jones. 

David Crossman. 



I. 


North Meeting House. 


44- 


2. 


Friends' Meeting House. 


45 


3- 


M. E. Church. 


46 


4- 


Union Church. 


47 


5- 


F. B. Church. 


48. 


6. 


Cong. Church. 


49- 


7- 


Stone Mill. 


50 


8. 


Gerrish's or Plummer's Mill. 


il 


9- 


Mayall's Mill. 


52 


10. 


Tracy's Mill. 


53- 


11. 


Steam Mill. 


54 


12. 


Josiah Burnham. 


55 


13. 


John Scott. 


56 


14- 


Nathaniel Osgood. 


57 


15- 


John Sydleman. 


58 


16. 


Elisba Stetson. 


59 


17- 


Aaron Osgood. 


60 


18. 


John Lincoln. 


61 


19- 


Major Chas. Gerrish. 


62 


20. 


Reuben Dyer and Francis 


".' 




Harmon. 


64 


21. 


Pelatiah Warren and Job Syl- 


65. 




vester. 


66 


22. 


O. Israel Bagley. 


67 


23- 


Stephen Weston. 


68 


24. 


Parson Herrick. 


69 


25. 


John -Dean and Wm. McGray. 


"o 


26. 


Joshua Strout. 


71 


27- 


Charles Hill and Ebenezer 


7-' 




Newell. 


73 


28. 


Benjamin Vining. 


74 


29. 


David Dyer(?) and Barnabas 
Strout. 


75 


30. 


Universalist Church. 


76 


31- 


Samuel Nichols. 


77 


32. 


Micah Dyer. 


7ff 


33- 


John Cushing and Abel Curtis. 


79 


34- 


Dr. John Converse. 


80 


35- 


Joseph Proctor's Tavern. 


81 


36. 


Proprietor's House, built by 


82 




Little. 


83 


37- 


Jonathan . Bagley, James 






Strout. 


84 


38. 


Elijah Macomber. 


85 


39- 


Jonathan Strout. 


86 


40. 


Abel Stoddard. 


87 


41- 


Samuel Merrill, William Stod- 


88 




dard, George Williams. 


89 


42- 


John Skinner. Samuel 


90 




Nichols, Jr. 


91 


43- 


Secomb Jordan. 


92 



42 HISTORY OF DURHAM 



Hugh Getchell. 104. Andrew Adams. 



93 

94. Waitstill Webber. 105. Bela Vining. 

95. Cornelius Douglas. 106. Peter Mitchell. 
00. Caleb Estes. 107. Martin Rourk. 

97. Job Blethen, Josiah Day. 108. Nathan Lewis, Benjamin Os- 

98. Jonathan Beal. good. 

99. James Blethen. 109. John Cushing. 

100. Christopher Tracy. no. John Hoyt. 

101. Ebenezer Woodbury. ill. Samuel Collins. 

102. John Vining. 112. Israel Estes, Amos Knight. 

103. William Gerrish. 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY 43 

V. 

ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY 

At the first town meeting of Royalsborough, O. Israel 
Bagley, William Gerrish and Stephen Chase were chosen a 
committee for " Fixing a place for a ministerial (lot) and likewise 
a place on said lot for a meeting House and burying yard." 

Feb. 9, 1775, the following proclamation was issued : 

"To the Congregational Inhabitants of the Township of 
Royalsborough. Whereas it is commanded unto all men to call 
on the name of the Lord to confess their manyfold Sins and 
Implore his divine assistance both for Spiritual and Temporal 
blessings Publicly. So it is nessery that Some Public place of 
Worship Should be provided and in providing it Every Person 
Conserned ought to have a voice in the Providing the same and 
it is appointed for all men once to die. So it is Incumbent on 
every Person In time of life to provide a Proper Decent Place 
for the reception of his body when so dead. And whereas the 
Proprietors of the town who Expect to be at considerable Part 
of the charge In building a place for Public worship are content 
it Should be built on Air. John Dean's lot and some of the 
Inhabitants have begun to clear the ground therefor, but least 
it should not be agreeable to the major Part of the Present 
Inhabitants. This is to Desire them to meet on Thursday the 
sixteenth day of Feb. Instant at one of the clock in the afternoon 
at the Dwelling house of Mr. John Dean's in said Town to know 
the minds of the Inhabitants if the said place is agreeable to them 
if not to agree on and Clear Some Place more Sutible." 
Jonathan Bagley in behalf of himself 
and for the Proprietors. " 

Agreeably to the above call the Inhabitants voted, 16 Feb. 
1775, that "the most Sutible place to build a meeting house is 
on the Hill to the Southward of Mr. Dean's house on his lot by 
the County Road." It was also voted to allow Mr. Dean two 
dollars per acre for the gore of land lying between the County 
Road and the road that leads to Micah Dyer's "from the Croch 
oi the Road to the Spruce tree to the North of the Hill." It 
included nine acres. Voted to cut the trees on said land before 



44 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

March next. Stephen Hart. Eenj. Vining and Charles Gerrish 
were a Committee to see that the land be cleared. 

March 25. 1776, Voted one day's work on burying ground. 
O. Israel Bagley to have charge of the work. 

July 30, 1776, Voted "to hire the Gospel Minister three 
months to preach the Gospel Amongst us." Major Charles 
Gerrish and Ebenezer Roberts were a Committee to hire a 
preacher. Voted that he preach at the house of Eliot Frost. 

There is no further record pertaining to church matters 
during the next three years. Meanwhile the proprietors issued 
proposals for the erection of a house of worship. 

" To the Gentlemen Selectmen of Royalsborough, 

Proposals to build a Meeting House in Royalsborough Vizt. 
To be about the same Dimentions as Brunswick meeting house, 
to be glaizcd with sash Glass. The Inhabitants to find the 
Frame raise it and underpin it, also Boards Clapboards and 
Shingles Sufficient for that purpose. The workmanship Nails 
and Glass to be done at the Expense of the Proprietors out of the 
money ariseing by the sail of the setling Lotts. The Plastering 
the inside, the Pulpitt, Deacon Seat, minister's Pew and one for 
the Proprietors. The rest of the Pews and Seats at the Charge 
of the Inhabitants. The Galleries to be built at the Charge of 
the Proprietors except the seats. A Convenient Porch to be 
erected at the Front Door in which the Stairs into the Galleries 
are to be fixed. So Agreed to bv the Committee of the 
Proprietors. Bagley and Noyeg 

December, 1776. 

Recorded March ye 10th, 1791. 
These proposals were not at once acted upon, probably 
because attention was diverted by the Revolutionary 'War and 
financial burdens were heavy. It was not till Nov. 8, 1779 that 
the Plantation voted "to get up a frame for the meeting house 
the same Bigness of Brunswick meeting house by the last of 
July next." Nothing seems to have been done. More than 
one third of the men capable of bearing arms were in the army. 
There is no record of any religious service for four years. June 
22, 1780, O. Israel Bagley was chosen a committee to "hire a 
minister of the gospel to preach with this town six weeks." 
There is no record of the result. Sept. 12, 1780, the building 
of the meeting house was again agitated and it was voted to build 
it. O. Israel Bagley was chosen "overseer to See it built." 
Major Gerrish, Benjamin Vining and Hugh Getchell were a 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY 



45 



committee to "see that the hous is Dun," and to sell or vendue 
thirty-five pews. These committees did not do as instructed. 
The proprietors thought to hasten both the building of the 
church and, what was still more desired by them, the incorpora- 
tion of the town, by sending, by the hand of their secretary, the 
following letter, which was of such historic value as to be spread 
upon the Town Records : 

Boston, Sept. 29, 1781. 

GENTLEMEN : 

Coll. Little in his Journey to Royalsborough Carried down 
with him a rough Draught of a Petition for the Inhabitants by 
their Committee to be appointed for that purpose to present to 
the General Court that you may be incorporated into a Township 
that you may be vested with the powers and Privileges other 
towns enjoy. I hope you will approve the same or correct said 
Draught as you Judge proper. Till you are incorporated it will 
be in vain to attempt any thing as to building a meetinghouse 
and Setling a minister because what you may do to effect this 
cant be carried into Execution for want of power. I hope you 
are sensible of the grate advantage the Settlement of the Gospell 
among you will be to your own true Interest as to both worlds. 
If any sett of men settled among should be indifferent or 
averse to this they must be left to their own way, yet while they 
enjoy this liberty they ought not to deprive others of this Liberty 
they claim for themselves, this would be unreasonable on their 
part. I recommend to you mutual Love and Concord in trans- 
acting your affairs as it will tend to promote your own happiness. 
I have sent you the proposals on the part of the Proprietors what 
they are willing to do towards the Meeting-house and the settle- 
ment of a minister among you ; and what they expect from the 
Inhabitants, which hope will be Acceptable, it lies with you to 
forward your Incorporation by applying to the Court for that 
purpose ; if you will please send up this Petition to me I will 
take care to get it accomplished, I make no doubt it will be 
granted. I am Gentlemen 

vour Friend and Servant 

Belcher Noyes. 

This brought matters to a conclusion, and, early in 1782, 
between O. Israel Bagley, evidently acting as agent for the 
proprietors, and the committee chosen in 1780 a contract was 
made for the building of the old North Church. The bond has 
been preserved and is here reproduced verbatim : 

"Know all men by these Presents, that we Charles Gerrish. 
Esq., Benjamin Vining, Yoman & Hugh Getchel Yoman All of 



46 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

Royalsborough in the County oi Cumberland and Common- 
welth of Massachusetts, am holden and Stand firmly bound to 
O. Israel Bagley of S'd Royalsborough in the County aforesaid 
gent'n in four Hundred Pound Lawfull money to Be Paid to the 
S'd O. Israel Bagley or his Certain Attorney. Executors Admin- 
istrator or Assigns. To the which Payment well and truly to 
be made we bind our Selves our heir Executors and 
Administrators Jointly and Severally firmly by these presents. 
Sealed with our Seals. Dated the twenty-first day of February, 
Annoque Domini, 1782. 

The Condition of this Obligation is such that if the Above 
bounden Charles Garish Benjamin Vining & Hugh Getchel or 
ither of them their heirs Executors or Administrators Do provide 
and Git Timber for a meetinghouse for the Plantation Royals- 
borough aforesaid, of Fifty feet in Length and forty five in 
breadth and higth in Proportion, and Fraim and Raise the Same 
upon the Land Purchased by the Inhabitants of the S'd 
Plantation for that use Also under Pin the house with Stone, 
Provide Boards Clap Bords And Shingles Sofitient to Cover the 
Same, which Articles are to be Good and fitting for the use 
aforeS'd. to be on the Spot whereS'd house is to be built. Also 
Execute a Good Warrattee Deed to Each Parson that has or 
may Purchase a spot for a Pew in S'd house At on or Before 
the Last Day of September Next Ensewing the Date hereof then 
this Obligation to be Void and of None Effect, or Else to Stand 
and remain full force and Virtue. 

Signd, Sealed and Delivered, Charles Gerrish 

in Presents of Benja. Vining 

E. Newell hugh Gatchel 

Xath. Garish 

It i> evident that the building of the meeting-house was begun 
in 1782. March 3, it was voted to hire a minister two months 
and to confirm the sale of the pews sold by the committee. 
Preaching for three months was voted in the years following 
except 1784 when the people decided " not to hire any preaching 
this year. " Theie are no records for 1787-8. In 1789 eighteen 
pounds were voted for the support of the Gospel, and Joshua 
Strout, Joseph Davis and Enoch Bagley were chosen a 
committee to see the meeting-house finished 

How much we would like to know who ministered to the 
spiritual needs of our forefathers during these early years. 
Probably they were the ministers of the neighboring towns of 
North Yarmouth, Brunswick, Portland, and New Gloucester, 
loq-ether with some itinerant evan°-elist. Basflev's Account 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY 



47 



Book contains a memorandum that Mr. Prince came home with 
him one Sunday from "Herysicate" (Freeport) and preached at 
Bagley's house Feb. 23, 1774. This is the first recorded religious 
service in Royalsborough. The Rev. Tristram 1 Gilman of North 
Yarmouth Foreside preached in Royalsborough 6 Mch. 1777 and 
baptized " Richard, son of Robinson Crockett; Deborah, daugh- 
ter of Stephen Randall ; all of Royalston, in cov't with ye ch. of 
Cape Elizabeth." He records in his church register that 
Sept. 4, 1785 he lectured "at a plaec called Royals-Town and 
baptized Deborah, dau. of John Parker; Dorothy, dau. of Capt. 
Joshua Strout of Cape Elizabeth ; Zebulon, son of Samuel York ; 
Samuel, son of Sarah, dau. of John Davis, Jr. of Brunswick 
church ; James, son of Capt. Nichols." These are the earliest 
recorded baptisms in Royalsborough. The service was, doubt- 
less, in the church which had recently been erected. 

May 8, 1790 the town voted to employ the Rev. Abraham 
Cummings to " preach The Gospel .to the amount of eighteen 
pounds this year. " Rev. Abraham Cummings was born in 
Andover, Mass., in 1755. He graduated at Brown University in 
1776, and became an open Communion Baptist minister. He 
was a man of great learning being proficient in seven languages. 
He was an itinerant missionary. In 1781 he married Phoebe 
Thayer of Old Braintree, Mass., whose mother was a grand- 
daughter of John Alden and Priscilla. They had two sons who 
left no issue and a daughter Phoebe wdio married Isaac H. Bailey. 
Mr. Cummings moved to Freeport about 1788. In a small sail- 
boat he made evangelistic excursions all along the coast from 
Passamaquoddy to Rhode Island. He had an extensive revival 
at Bath in 1793. He was an ardent student of philosophy and 
astronomy and often was lost in revery. He published several 
works, the most important being "Contemplations on the 
Cherubim," 1812. He was a social man and used to tell that 
down on Penobscot Bay the mosquitoes were so large that "a 
good many of them would weigh a pound" and "they would 
frequently get up on the trees and bark." He had no fixed 
salary but lived on the voluntary contributions of the people. 
He died at Phipsburg 31 Aug. 1827, aged 73 years. His tomb- 

The Rev. Tristram Gilman was pastor of the church at North Yar- 
mouth from Dec. 8, 1769 till his death April 1, 1809. Cf. Old Times in 
North Yarmouth, pp. 713, 857, 903. 



45 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

stone, near Popham's Landing, has this epitaph. "A pious, 
Learned and Faithful minister of the Gospel." ] 

The next year no money was raised for preaching. May 
7, 1792 it was voted to "apply to Mr. Clark for a preacher the 
present year. " This was probably the Rev. Ephraim Clark, 
minister at Cape Elizabeth, 1756-97, many of whose flock 
migrated about this time to Durham. Before Mr. Clark's 
services were needed the Rev. Eliphaz Chapman appeared in 
Durham. It is evident that he was known before July 26, 1792, 
for then the town voted to hire him as a preacher, and Nov. 9 
confirmed the vote by engaging him for one year. He stayed 
two years, as the ten marriages performed by him show. The 
last was solemnized Nov. 20, 1794, and he signs himself 
" Eliphaz Chapman ordained Minister of the Gospel now 
Stationed at Durham." Fifty pounds were voted for his support, 
and June 9, 1794 thirty pounds were voted "to build the Pulpit." 

Eliphaz Chapman was born in Newmarket, N. H., March 7, 
1750. He preached at Madbury 1770-3 and afterward at 
Methuen, Mass. He settled on the north side of the Andro- 
scoggin river at Bethel, Maine. The farm still remains in the 
Chapman family. "He was a very useful man in the new town. 
He solemnized many of the early marriages, and judging from 
the number of children named after him he must have been 
very popular." He died Jan. 20, 1814. His wife Hannah 
(Jackman of Newbury) died Dec. 15, 1839, aged 92 years. His 
sister Mary married Col. James Rogers of Freeport, and this 
may account for his introduction to Durham. He was great 
grandfather to Prof. Henry Leland Chapman of Bowdoin 
College. At least three other descendants of his name have 
graduated at Bowdoin College. 

It seems that the Rev. Jacob Herrick preached in Durham 
in the summer of 1795, for in September the town voted "to 
employ Rev. Mr. Herrick longer," and Nov. 7 of the same year 
it was decided to "settle Rev. Mr. Herrick" by a vote of thirty- 
seven to seven. Jan. 7, 1796 his salary was fixed at fifty pounds 
besides a hundred acres of land given by the proprietors. 
Ebenezer Roberts, Nathaniel Osgood, and William True were 
chosen a committee to send for the new minister. The time of 

'See Old Times in North Yarmouth, pp. 1005-11. 




REV. JACOB HERRICK. 
:i Painting made when lie- was an Adjutanl in the 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY 49 

ordination was fixed for March 9, J/06, and the following 
ministers were chosen by the town to participate in the services, 
"Revs. Eaton, Lancaster, Gilman, Johnson, Coffin and Keylock 
(Kellogg). 1 

There lies before me the account of the ordination, preserved 
in the handwriting of Rev. Samuel Eaton, Secretary of the 
Ecclesiastical Council. He says that they met at the house of 
Capt. O. Israel Bagley and chose the Rev. Dr. Samuel Deane of 
Portland moderator, who seems to have taken the place of Elijah 
Kellogg. After prayer by the Moderator "a competent number 
of male persons offered themselves to be embodied into a Chh. 
state, who having given themselves to God & to one another, & 
set their Names to a Gospel Covenant, were by a vote of the 
afores'd Council acknowledged to be a Sister Congregational 
Chh of our Lord Jesus Christ, with whom we are in full Charity 
and Fellowship." At the ordination which immediately 
followed in the church, the Rev. Alfred Johnson made the 
introductory prayer ; the Rev. Ephriam Clark of Cape Elizabeth 
made the ordaining prayer ; the Rev. Samuel Eaton gave the 
charge, and the Rev Ebenezer Coffin gave the right hand of 
fellowship and made the concluding prayer. 

The address of the Rev. Mr. Coffin has been preserved 
among the papers of Parson Herrick. It was as follows : — 

"Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to 
dwell together in unity. In lmmitation of the author of our 
Redemption, the Finisher of our Faith, the Foundation of our 
hope — it becomes all his Followers to cultivate a Spirit of Love 
and Friendship. To this end the first preachers of the Gospel 
pledged their Love, Friendship and kindness (to those who were 
called to the sacred work of the Gospel Ministry) by the 
significant sign of giving them the right [hand] Thus James 

'Samuel Eaton was ordained at Harpsvvell Oct. 24, 1764 and died 
there Nov. 5, 1822, aged 85 years. 

Thomas Lancaster was ordained at Scarborough Nov. 8, 1775 and 
died there Jan. 12, 1831, aged 87 years. 

Tristram Gilman has been already mentioned. 

Alfred Johnson was ordained at Freeport Dec. 29, 1789, and discharged 
Sept. II, 1805. He afterward preached at Belfast and died there Jan. 12, 
1837, aged 70 years. 

Ebenezer Coffin was ordained at Brunswick June 23, 1794, and 
discharged in 1802. 

Elijah Kellogg. Senr. was ordained at Portland Oct. 1, 1788 and 
discharged Dec. 11, 181 1. He died at Portland, March g, 1842, aged 82 
years. 



50 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

Cephas and John, when they perceived the Grace that was given 
unto Paul, gave unto him and Barnabas the Right hand of 
Fellowship. In conformity to their example anu the direction of 
the venerable council here convened I present unto you, my 
Brother in the faith, this right hand — By which we manifest our 
esteem for your Character and the Office which you now sustain 
as an Ambassador of Jesus Christ. Hoping that you will prove 
yourself an Israelite indeed in whose spirit there is no guile. 
We hail you welcome to take part with us in the Ministry of 
reconciliation which we have received of the Lord. In this 
Manner we acknowledge you a Fellow laborer with us in the 
Vineyard of God. And so long as you shall maintain the dignity 
■of your Office we promise to treat you as a Brother, to council 
exhort and reprove you as God shall Inable us and as we find it 
necessary, and we have a right to look for the same kind offices 
from you. .We wish that your Ministry here may be long, happy 
and successful, that you may have the unspeakable satisfaction 
to see the work of ;the Lord prosper in your hands, that all 
contentions may cease, pure religion revive and flourish and that 
you may have many souls as seals of your Ministry and Crown 
of rejoicing in the day of the Lord. 

Brethren of this Church, behold the Man set over you in 
the Lord. By thus Imbracing and receiving whom we 
acknowledge you as fellow members with us of that Body of 
which Christ Jesus is the Head. As the Gospel is now resetled 
among you be exhorted to study those things which make for 
peace and mutual edification — walk worthy the vocation where- 
with ye are called with all lowliness and meekness with long 
suffering forbearing one another in Love endeavoring to keep 
the unity of the Spirit in the Bond of peace. May both Pastor 
and People long rejoice together in this day's transaction, and 
when the connection now formed shall be desolved by death 
may you from the church Militant here below be transplanted 
into the Church ti iumphant in Heaven through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen." 

Capt. Bagley entertained the Council and brought in a bill of 
$35.00, which the town iefused to pay. Only twelve pounds 
were allowed for settling expenses of ordination. The minister's 
salary was increased to eighty pounds, and the next year it was 
made $266.68. It remained at that figure for many years, but 
it is said that the salary was reduced in 1813 to $175.00 and in 
1 82 1 to $100.00. 

Rev. Jacob Herrick was seventh child of Samuel and Eliza- 
beth (Jones) Herrick of Reading, Mass., born 12 June 1754. He 
was grandson of Martyn Herrick and Ruth Endicott who was 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY 5 I 

great granddaughter of Gov. John Endicott. He graduated 
at Harvard College in 1776 and received the degree of A. M. 
in 1778. He was in Capt. Bacheller's Co., Col. Bridge's Regt. 
25 Sept. 1775 ; commissioned Adjutant to reinforce the 
Continental army 28 Oct. 1779, and served in Col. Jacob 
Gerrish's Essex and Suffolk County Regt. He was commis- 
sioned as adjutant of the Middlesex County Regt. 4 July 1780. 
It is also said that he was Lieut, of Marines on a vessel, was 
taken prisoner and carried to Halifax. When liberated he was 
brought home to Reading by one Capt. Nichols. Thus he had 
several years of military service in the Revolution. He married 
July 1780 Sarah Webster of Bradford, Mass. He came from 
Beverly, Mass., and settled in Durham in 1796, being the first 
ordained pastor of the Congregational church. He died there 
Dec. 18, 1832. His wife died Oct. 13, 1829, aged 76 years. 
Their tombstones may be seen in the old cemetery. 

He is described as slow and somewhat tedious in his delivery 
but of good ability and a very excellent pastor. He was over 
six feet tail, and his face was perfectly smooth. The delivery 
of his sermons occupied an hour or more. He is said to have 
been ardently opposed to the election of "that infidel, Tom 
Jefferson," asserting that he would destroy both churches and 
school-houses. He was a good man and served the church well 
and also the town for many years as one of the school 
committee. 

His wife was a woman of fine presence, a 'beauty in her 
youth, and gifted with rare intellectual powers. It was said of 
her that she could hold her own in conversation with any and 
all of the ministers she entertained. Of generous nature, she 
gave freely from her not too lavish store. Her younger son used 
to say that he had often seen his mother divide the dough she 
had just set to rise for bread, wrap one portion in a towel, and 
give it to a needy parishioner, though the supply of flour at the 
parsonage was exhausted, a serious matter in those days when 
flour was not easily obtainable. 

A word more about the church edifice. In 1804 the town 
voted to repair it at a cost of $1136. Thomas Chase and Aaron 
Osgood were chosen to superintend the work. At the same 
time Francis Harmon was allowed $174 for the building of a 
new Porch. It was never painted outside nor inside except the 



52 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

high pulpit with its winding staircase. There was no way of 
warming it except with footstoves, which some carried with 
them to church. Between the two long sermons the worshipers 
often ran into the neighbors' houses to get warm. Mr. 
Merrick continued pastor till 183 1 with the exception of the years 
1827-29 when Rev. Bennett Roberts was stated Supply. There 
was no regular service after the death of Mr. Herrick, and in 1850 
the building was sold, taken down and carried to Porter's 
Landing, Freeport, where it is said to be still in use as a ware- 
house. It ought to be moved back and made a Museum of 
Durham Antiquities. 

In 1806 Mr. Rourk was paid $7.85 for his wife's cleaning 
the North Meeting house. In 1802 she was paid $6.00 for 
similar service and $2 for "washing and sanding the meeting 
house after two last town meetings." In 1808 Barnabas Strout 
was paid $1.50 for taking care of the meeting house the past 
year, and Elizabeth Rourk was paid $2 for locking and unlocking 
ihe meeting house, in 1808. 

About 1845 a Congregational church was built on the cross 
road that leads by Henry Harrington's from the lower County 
Road. This in 1853, was moved to its present position near 
S. W. Bend. This church has been served by Rev. John Elliott 
Nov. 1845 to Nov. 1848; Jonas Fiske 20 May 1849 to I2 Sept. 
1852; Wm. V. Jordan 1 Nov. 1854 to Nov. 1855; John S. C. 
Abbott 1856-1857; Henry S. Loring 1 Jan. 1857 to 1 Jan. 1859; 
Wm. H. Haskell 1862-1869; F. Shattuck 1870; Albert Bushnell 
1 87 1 ; Charles W. Hill 1872-3 ; Prof. Jotham Sewall 1874-5 ; Prof. 
Richard Stanley 1876-8; Richard Wickett 1879-85; George W. 
Gould 1885-7; R. L. Sheafe 1888; Prof. Thos. L. Angell 1889- 
91; W. F. Stowe 1892; Prof. T. L. Angell 1893; I. S. Jones 
1894-5; Supplies 1896; R. Wickett 1897; V. E. Bragdon Oct. 
1897-8. 




CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY 



53 



PEW OWNERS OF THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH 
Previous to 1804. 



O. Israel Bagley, 

John Blake, 

Dr. John Converse, 

(Bought of Enoch Bagley 

1802) 
Gideon Curtis, 
John Cushing, 
"John Dain, 
David Dyer, 
Micah Dyer, 
Edward Fifield, 
Benjamin Gerrish, 
^Nathaniel Gerrish, 
Sarah Gerrish, 
Jeremiah Gerrish, 
William Gerrish, 
George Gerrish, 
John Hoyt, 
John Lincoln, 



John Mcintosh, 
William McGray, 
Samuel Merrill, 
Nathaniel Osgood, 
Joseph Proctor, 
Ebenezer Roberts, 
Simeon Sanborn, 
Jacob Sawyer, 
* Joshua Snow, 
*John Stackpole Jr., 
(Bought of Thomas Pearson) 
Elisha Stetson, 
*Abel Stoddard. 
Barnabas Strout, 
Benjamin Vining, 
Bela Vining, 
Ebenezer Warren, 
Ebenezer Woodbury. 
*Zebulon York. 



All the above pew-owners surrendered their pews to the parish 
in 1804, and after extensive repairs were made the new pews were 
sold at auction to the following persons : 

Dr. Symonds Baker, William Newell, 

Josiah Burnham. Aaron Osgood, 

Dr. John Converse, Benjamin Osgood, 

Gideon Curtis, Joseph Osgood, 

Matthew Duran, Joseph Proctor, 

Micah Dyer, John Richards, 

George Gerrish, Jr., Peter Sanborn, 

Francis Harmon, Jonathan Strout, 

James Hibbard, Barnabas Strout, 

Rev. Jacob Herrick. Charles Stetson, 

Nehemiah Hooper, John Sydleman, 

Secomb Jordan, Job Sylvester, 

John Lincoln, Ebenezer Warren, 

Elijah Macomber, Foster Waterman, Esq., 

Samuel Merrill, George Williams. 
There is no official list of Deacons, since the records were 

recently destroyed in the burning of a house. The following, 
however, are known to have served : Benjamin Vining. William 



Those marked * are known to have joined the Methodists, with the 
families of several others. 



54 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

True, Daniel Harmon, James Hibbard, John Sydleman. Senr., 
Osgood Strout, William B. Newell, Jonathan Carpenter, Ralph 
H. Hascall twenty-one years, and William P. Brown who was 
chosen in 1890 and is the only Deacon now serving. The 
chuFch has now twelve members. The Sunday School numbers 
twenty-eight. There are fourteen in the Society of Christian 
Endeavor. 

The Rev. Israel Newell left an endowment to this church, in 
lands and buildings valued at $2000. They were sold to Edward 
Newell on a mortgage payable in sixteen years at six per cent. 
The parish has a fund of about $400. It is assisted by the State 
Missionary Society, and with difficulty maintains religious 
services with some interruptions. 

The writer has sometimes wished that all other denominations 
had staid out of town and left Durham to be cultivated by the 
Friends and the "Orthodox Church." This might have been 
done, if it had not been for unjust taxation to support the latter, 
for unprogressiveness in religious opinions, and for lack of 
intense spiritual life at critical times. Once, too, the population 
seemed to demand several churches. Now there is a loud 
providential call that all persons in the vicinity of S. W. Bend 
should lay aside individual preferences and unite heartily in 
maintaining one church, which in the nature of the case must 
and ought to be Congregational in polity. Such a movement 
has been more than once on the eve of consummation. May 
even the aged live long enough to see the realization of such a 
glorious hope. Let us strive for unity in the church militant as 
well as expect it in the church triumphant. 

THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 
It is quite certain that the Rev. Asa Heath first preached the 
gospel according to Methodism in Durham in 1802. He wa- 
then stationed on Falmouth Circuit and with James Lewis, :i 
local preacher of Gorham, used to make preaching tours for 
many miles around. This Heath afterwards settled in 
Monmouth and is the ancestor of Hon. Herbert Heath of 
Augusta. In 1803 Bowdoinham Circuit was formed, which 
included Durham, and True Glidden was preacher in charge. 
He was a nephew of Deacon William True of Parson Herrick's 
church. By invitation he preached in True's kitchen, and a great 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY 55 

interest in Methodism was awakened. Dea. True's house stood 
a few rods south of the brick house built by Hiram Drinkwater 
at Methodist Corner. Giidden was a minister of rare promise. 
Rev. Ebenezer Blake, native of Durham, thus wrote of him: 
"He was one of the best young men I ever knew. I have 
often observed him while in prayer, in the congregation, the 
tears rolling from his eyes and dropping from his face. He 
literally wore himself out in less than three years. He died of 
consumption in 1806, and was buried in Chester, N. H., where 
110 tablet marks his resting place." 

August 4th and 5th 1804 a Quarterly Meeting was held in 
Durham, continuing till the next Wednesday night. The 
tradition of this has been current for a century. It is called the 
"great revival." Timothy Merritt took the place of the 
Presiding Elder. He was afterwards editor of Zion's Herald 
and one of the foremost men in New England Methodism. The 
meeting on the Sabbath was held in a grove back of where the 
church at Methodist Corner now stands. The population for 
miles around was assembled. Mr. Merritt, standing upon a cart 
for a pulpit preached with wonderful power from Amos vii :2, 
"By whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small." The sermon 
was followed with an exhortation by Daniel Dudley, the circuit 
preacher that year, and a fervent prayer by James Lewis. We 
are indebted to Rev. Charles W. Morse, who was pastor of the 
Methodist church in Durham in 1830, for the following descrip- 
tion : " The people were overwhelmed with emotion and many 
fell to the ground. There was earnest praying, and there were 
loud cries in every direction, through the congregation. The 
preachers and brethren spent the afternoon in praying for 
anxious seekers. The excitement was so intense, that the 
administration of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, usual on 
Sunday afternoon of the Quarterly meeting, was necessarily 
deferred. 

A woman who was in the congregation, disgusted with the 
excitement, declared it to be "the work of Satan" and said she 
-would stay there no longer." She mounted her horse and rode 
away, but she had proceeded but a short distance, when she was 
overpowered and fell from her horse, as dead. She was carried 
into a house by Christian friends. When she could speak, they 
found she was "under conviction." The friends prayed for her, 
and she soon "'found the Lord." 



56 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

The meeting was continued till Wednesday night; the 
sacrament being administered Wednesday afternoon. This 
extraordinary Quarterly meeting resulted in a gracious revival, 
in which over one hundred were converted and received into the 
Methodist church. Among these were : George Ferguson. 
William Jones, John Tyler, Daniel Harwood, Abel True, Samuel 
True, John Hatch, Richard Doane, Jacob Randall, and their 
wives. Of the Congregationalists who joined the Methodists at 
that time were Dea. Daniel Harmon and wife, Dea. William True 
and wife (the parents of Rev. Charles K. True, afterwards 
professor in Wesleyan University). 

This religious awakening was denounced as fanaticism by 
the Congregationalist pastor; but the revival went on and 
brought into the Methodist church the principal families of that 
community ; and the place became prominent in the early 
history of Methodism in the State. Ever since that time, this 
neighborhood has borne the name of "Methodist Corner." 

There is no official record of the early members of the church. 
The Town Records supply the names of such as presented a 
certificate of membership in order to escape taxation for the 
support of the Congregational church. They are : 

1812, James Wilbur, Nathaniel Merrill, James Nichols, Oliver 
Stoddard, Abel Stoddard, Apollos Jordan, Samuel Nichols, 
Simeon Farr, John Wilbur, Zebulon York, Joseph Sylvester, 
John Fifield, Joshua Snow, Ebenezer Snow, Jacob Harris. W'm. 
Parker, Daniel Gross, Thomas Ficket, Benj. Hunnewell, John 
Staples. Jonathan Libby, Thomas Larrabee, Andrew Hunnewell, 
Samuel Goodwin, Isaac Libby, Joseph Osgood and John Dain 
of Lisbon. 

1813. Obed Read, John Stackpole, Jr., Samuel Jones, Reuben 
Roberts, O. Israel Fifield, John Farr. 

181 5, Peter Sanbon, Amos Parker, Nathaniel Parker, Win. 
Larrabee. 

1S16, Rufus Ricker, Alfred Wood, James Gerrish, 2d, 
Nathaniel Gerrish, John Robinson. Lemuel Nichols, Richard 
Dyer. 

The following Class paper gives the names of still earlier 
members. In those days no one was admitted to Class meeting 
without a similar paper 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY 

Copy of Durham Class Paper, No. 2. 
"Joshua Soule, presiding elder. Robert Hayes 
Spaulding, John W. Hardy, Circuit Preachers 
shepherds. 

N. B. Every Friday last preceeding the Q. M 
observed as a day of fasting and prayer." 
Durham, July 12 1809. 



57 



James 
Woe to the idle 

is to be 



Baptised 



Names. 



David 

Eleanor 

Richard 

Mary 

Edward 

Sarah 

Lemuel 

Nabby 

Thomas 

Submit 

Susanna 

Ezekiel 

Joanna 

Betsey 

Susanna 

Daniel 

Enoch 

Sally 

Mariam 

Reuben 

Luther 

Hannah 



Dudley 
Dudley 
Doane 
Doane 
Doane 
Doane 
Roberts 
Roberts 
Roberts 
Roberts 
Roberts 
Turner 
Turner 
York- 
Roberts 
Roberts 
Davis 
Davis 
Brown 
Roberts 
Plummer 
Plummer 



U. 



W. 
M. 



M. 



The earliest baptisms recorded were Dec. 24 1809. Joshua 
Soule, afterwards Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
administered the rite to David Ferguson and John H. Davis. 
In 181 1 Rev. J. W. Hardy baptized Nancy Newell, Abigail 
Roberts, Asa Mitchell, Abigail Goodwin, Betsey Goodwin, Sail} 
Goodwin, Sally Doane, Sally Roberts, Judith Currier, Abigail 
Sanborn, Adults ; and William Frost, child of William and 
Rebecca Fickett, and Daniel Harmon, child of Daniel and Polly 
Harmon. 

The Methodist Society in Durham and Pownal was 
incorporated March 1, 1810, by an act of the Mass. Legislature. 
The house of worship was erected before that date and probably 



5o HISTORY OF DURHAM 

as early as 1804. This was reconstructed and greatly improved 
in 1867, during the pastorate of that devout and cultured 
gentleman, Rev. William Stout, now a member of the New 
Jersey Conference. Many remember the edifice as it formerly 
was, with galleries on the sides and rear, small windows, high 
pulpit and pew-doors. 

In 1806 Durham Circuit was formed. Its limits have varied 
from time to time, but once included Pownal. Danville, Lisbon, 
Litchfield. Wales, Freeport, with classes in regions beyond. In 
1849 Durham was made a charge by itself. North Pownal is 
now connected with it. Preachers lived in the saddle and 
boarded around. In the Steward's account for 1809 are found 
the following "disbursements:" "Expense $2.12; J. Soule, 
$3.00; J. W. Hardy, $8.62; J. Spaulding, $1.05; R. Hays, $6.16; 
L. Sargent, $2.45; total $23.40." In 18 15 is this account, 
"Distributions, O. Beal $11.08; R. Hays, 47.80; J. Paine, $23.90; 
Expense, $7.00; total, $90.00." Some grateful preacher has 
written the following comment, appended to the last record, 
"Lord fulfill thy promise to the benevolent. Amen." 

The society rapidly increased. In 1806 the membership 
numbered 101. In 1808 it had grown to 327 on the circuit. In 
1832 there were 425 members and in 1842 there is the largest 
enrollment, 527. Then was the revival under the leadership of 
Revs. J. Thwing and E. F. Blake. Their united salaries were 

$374- 

The following record appears on the old books of the Society. 
" Quarterly Meeting held at Durham on the Camp Ground Aug. 
1831." Some are still living who remember attending the 
camp meetings held for several years, at the usual season, in the 
woods on the farm of James Strout. about a mile above S. W. 
Bend. The tents were numerous and the crowds were great. 
There was much loud shouting and joyful singing, with some 
excitement and disturbance. 

Dr. David B. Strout should be credited for the following 
reminiscences, cited from an article in the Atlas of Androscoggin 
Count}', written by Josiah H. Williams: 

"I well remember the solemn bearing of clergymen in those 
days. It seemed to us children that some awful presence was 
approaching whenever one appeared, and we would steal away 
into some safe retreat. Nor was this feeling of restraint shared 




METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY 59 

by the children alone, everybody stood in awe of the minister. 
Among the early Methodist preachers was an old gray-headed 
man of medium size, with frame strong and firmly knit together, 
who was a terror to evil doers, or all those he thought in error. 
With many he bore the reputation of a blackguard. Some of 
his own church complained of his treatment of those who had 
the misfortune to differ with him. A committee was finally 
chosen from among his parishioners and adherents to visit him, 
and, if possible, induce him to be more lenient towards his 
opponents, but the old gentleman assured them that all his clubs 
were aimed at the devil, and if any man chose to place himself 
between him and his mark, he must run the risk of being hit. 
This explanation seemed to be satisfactory to the committee, who 
retired leaving him master of his position. His name was Fogg, 
familiarly and extensively known as "Daddy Fogg." Among 
the early Methodist itinerant preachers was James Weston. He 
was a man of small stature, but scholarly, and very precise in his 
language, and a man of very fair ability. He was also a zealous 
temperance man, and as he witnessed the ravages of this evil, 
both in and outside of the church, he resolved to do what he 
could to stay its progress. After preaching an able sermon upon 
the subject, he invited his church to meet him on an evening then 
fixed for the purpose of taking into consideration the importance 
of forming a temperance organization. They were not long in 
concluding to second his efforts in that direction ; consequently 
a pledge was drawn up, and a committee chosen from among 
the brethren to circulate it for signatures. At this period, in all 
or nearly all the stores rum was sold. A few days after the 
pledge had been drawn up Mr. Weston entered one of the stores 
and saw a Methodist brother, by the name of Doane, just in the 
act of raising a glass of rum to his lips. The' Rev. W. cried 
out. "Stop, stop Brother D., has not Brother Warren said 
anything to you about drinking?" Mr. D. who was troubled 
with an impediment in his speech said, "Ye-ye-yes, ev-very ti- 
time I see hi-im he asks me to tre-treat him." 

The New England Conference held its annual session at 
Methodist Corner in 1814, beginning June 2. Bishop Mc- 
Kendree presided. Rev. Reuben Hubbard was secretary. 
History has preserved no account of this Conference except the 
usual brief minutes. 



60 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

BAPTIST CHURCH. 

Previous to 1838 the few scattered Baptists of Durham 
found affiliation with Baptist Societies organized in neighboring 
towns. The names of such as did so are recovered from the 
Town Records. Their certificates of membership were recorded 
si 1 that they might avoid being taxed for the "established 
church" of Parson Herrick. The earliest mentioned were in 
1794, Stephen Weston, Samuel York and Joseph York. These 
were members of the Baptist church in Lewiston. In 1810 
Elijah Macomber, Isaac Lambert and Thomas Proctor belonged 
to the Baptist church in Pejepscot, or Danville. The meetings 
were held in private houses and school houses till 1840, when 
the "Union church" now so called was built about a mile from 
the River, on the road to Danville Corner. Magnus Ridlon and 
Samuel Robinson were members of this church in 1816. Elisha 
Stetson, Daniel Lambert, Samuel Roberts, John Ellis, Barnabas 
Strout and Reuben Weston belonged to the Baptist church in 
Freeport in 1812. Secomb Jordan had his membership in 
Brunswick in 1812 and Thomas Waterhouse in New Gloucester 
in 1810. 

In 1835 the Union church at S. W. Bend was built, and Aug. 
8. 1835 the Baptist church of Durham was organized with 
twenty-two members, viz. Deacon Isaac Lambert, James Wagg, 
Jeremiah Dingley, Joel Morse, William Dingley, Isaac Lambert, 
Mary Lambert, Eliza Macomber, Isabel Jones, Dorothy Blethen, 
Hannah Richardson, Harriet Lambert, Julia Ann Blethen, 
Betsey Bowie, Alary Mitchell, Lucy Lambert, Maria Dingley, 
Abigail Blethen, Sally Morse, Mary Barstow, Joel Farrow, and 
Mariam Downer. Of this number the late Deacon William 
Dingley was the last to join the church triumphant. 

The services of organization were as follows: Rev. J. W. 
Atkins of the Methodist Episcopal church offered prayer. Sermon 
by Rev. E. R. Warren of Topsham. Right hand of fellowship 
by Rev. R. C. Starr of New Gloucester. Address to the church 
by Rev. Shimuel Owen. Prayer by Rev. Noah Hooper of 
Minot. Isaac Lambert was then ordained Deacon and many 
still testify that he was a faithful and pious officer of the Church, 
worthily followed in office by his neighbor, Deacon William 
Dingley, whose services as Sunday School Supt. and leader of 
neighborhood prayer-meetings are gratefully remembered by 




UNION CHURCH. 




KEV. MOSES HANSCOM. 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY 6 I 

many. A former resident of Durham recently told me that 
these were the two best men he ever knew. 

In 1840 Rev. Noah Hooper was chosen pastor. He was 
succeeded by Rev. Moses Hanscom in 1842, who was ordained 
in Danville April 12 of that year. He built a house on the hill 
at S. W. Bend, next to that of Ralph Hascall, in 1843. Moved 
to Bowdoinham in 1857. Rev. Moses Hanscom was son of 
Moses and Mary Hanscom of Danville, born 10 May 1808. He 
served as pastor of churches in Durham, Bowdoinham, Brooklin, 
Nobleboro and Friendship. From 1880 he lived with a son at 
Auburn and died there Dec. 1890. His first wife was Mary 
Vickery, by whom there were children, William Allen, Ruel W., 
Moses C, and Sarah. His second wife was Elvira Snow of 
Brunswick. Their children were Rebecca S., Edwin W., Mary 
L., Frank B., Elvira D., and Eliza G. The long pastorate of 
Air. Hanscom at Durham endeared him to many of the inhab- 
itants, who will be glad to see his face in print. He was success- 
ful in his ministry and a zealous promoter of the cause of 
temperance. Rev. Mr. Gurney preached for some time in 
Durham and Rev. George Tucker lived here several years. 
The church which once numbered sixty members gradually 
dwindled till in 1887 it was dropped from the roll of the Baptist 
association. 

UNIVERSALIST CHURCH. 

The Universalists had occasional preaching in School Houses 
before 1840. In that year a church was built at S. W. Bend on 
the right hand just as the roaa turns to Freeport. It was served 
by Rev. Leander Hussey, L. P. Rand, and I. C. Knowlton. The 
last was in Durham 1845-50. There was only occasional 
preaching thereafter. I remember the church only for the 
temperance and political rallies and School exhibitions held in 
it, It was burned in 186-. 

FREE BAPTIST CHURCH. 
Elder Benjamin Randall held meetings in Lisbon in 1780, in 
which some from Durham were converted, and a church was 
gathered, made up of inhabitants from both sides of the river. 
In 1790 a Free Baptist church was organized on the Durham side 
by Elders E. Stinchfield and Christopher Tracy. A record of 
baptisms kept by Elder Stinchfield contains the following names 



62 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

oi persons baptized in Durham: Aug. 21, 1801, Samuel Tracy. 
Judith Tracy. Mary Beal. Nov. 21, 1802, Wm. Deal, Elizabeth 
Tracy. July 10, 1802, Wm. Blake, Jr. May 20, 1805, Nabby 
Tracy. George Littlefield, Polly Littlefield, Dorothy Tracy. 
May 21, 1805, Samuel Tracy, Christopher Tracy. Wm. Crabtree. 
Nabby Littlefield. Aug. 22. 1805, James Blethen, Increase 
Blethen, Anna Orr, Submit York, Ruby Young, Hannah Wilbur. 
Aug. 24, 1806, Hannah Graffam. Sept. 21, 1806, John Wilbur. 
Polly Adams. Sept. 22, 1806, Daniel Sutherland, Esther Tracy. 
The church became weak, and June 13, 1829 it was reorganized 
by Elder George Lamb. At that time it had twelve members. 
Elijah Littlefield. Daniel Gould, Henry Plummer, Christopher 
Tracy, Abram Metcalf, John Robinson, John Blethen, Man 
Getchell, Margaret Tracy, Jane Gould, Lovina Tracy, Elizabeth 
Tracy. Meetings were held at the " Cedar School House," near 
the river, and at the Brick School House. In 1840 there was a 
great religious awakening in Durham, and the membership of 
this church increased to seventy. They began to talk about a 
Meeting House. It was built and dedicated Nov. 20, 1845. The 
sermon, at the dedication, was preached by Elder Daniel Jackson. 
The cost of this "Brick Church,'* near " Plummer's Mill," 
(anciently Gerrish's Mill) was about $1000, of which sum Elder 
Henry Plummer contributed $550. The church prospered for 
several years, but grew weak by deaths and removals, till in 
1855 it ceased to hold regular meetings. It has had occasional 
services since and has been put in a good state of repair. 

FRIENDS. 

Nearly all the settlers in the southern part of the town were 
Friends. They came from Harpswell. N. Yarmouth and Dover, 
N. H. Their names were Estes, Douglas, Jones, Varney, 
Pinkham, Collins, Webber, Tuttle, etc. With others of like faith 
from the northern part of Brunswick they established religious 
service in the house of Joseph Estes as early as 1775. Thus 
they are the oldest religious society of Durham, and there has 
been no "Lord's Day" since the date mentioned without a 
religious service. 

The house of Joseph Estes, long known as the "Hawkes 
House " because occupied by Nathan Hawkes, was an historic 
landmark. It was burned in 18^4. It was a one-story house 




FREE BAPTIST CHURCH. 




FRIENDS' MEETING-HOUSE. 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY 63 

with a two-story porch, and was occupied in its latest history 
as a blacksmith shop by N. O. Jones. 

A Meeting House was erected on the site of the present one. 
This was burned Sept. 1829, and the Society worshiped again 
in the "Hawkes House/' till the brick edifice was erected the 
same year. Their Church Records were destroyed in 1852 b\ 
the burning of the house of Lemuel Jones, the Society Clerk. 

The yearly Meetings held here have been of great interest, 
attracting large audiences and speakers of national reputation. 
The Friends of Durham have been a quiet, industrious, honest 
and devout people. This Society numbered 257 in 1890. 

MINISTERS BORN IN DURHAM. 
A brief biographical sketch of the ministers reared in this 
town may fittingly form a part of its ecclesiastical history. It 
is questioned whether any other town of no greater population 
can name so long a list of its natives devoted to the work of the 
Christian ministry. It speaks well for the religious character 
of its early population. No rumor has been heard by the writer 
that the ministerial character of any one in the following list was 
ever called in question. They have been a body of able, 
consecrated and successful workmen, and some have made a 
reputation for themselves and town in home and foreign fields 
of labor. The list is believed to be complete, though it has been 
impossible to get biographical details in several cases. 

REV. SAMUEL NEWELL, youngest son of Ebenezer and 
Catherine (Richards) Newell, was born in Royalsborough 25 
July 1785. He early thirsted for an education, and thought that 
if he could reach his grandfather in Newton, he might find a 
way to secure it. At the age of fifteen he took some shirts, 
handkerchiefs and stockings in a bandana and went on foot to 
Portland, to take ship to Boston. An aged relative, the Rev. 
W. C. Richards, gives the following account of him. 

"As he was standing about the wharf, a ship captain asked 
him what he would like. "To get up to Boston. I have a 
grandfather at Newton Oak Hill and want to see him." 
■" Well, " said the captain, " I am going to start for Boston in 
a half hour's time and I will take you along with me, and if you 
-will wait on me I will give you a free passage." "I thank you, ' 



64 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

said the boy. The captain's home was Roxbury Hill, some three 
miles on the way to Newton. Samuel stopped with him over 
night. He loved the boy and was ready to do for him. When 
evening came, the captain's friends came in to welcome him 
home. He introduced the boy to them and told them, " I 
brought this boy, who walked from Durham to Portland, on his 
way to his grandfather's at Newton. He wants to get an 
education, but has no means. His own mother died when he was 
three years old ; when he was six years old he had a step-mothei 
and now his father is dead. He has rive brothers and two 
sisters." "My brothers and sisters are all kind and obedient to 
our step-mother," said Samuel, "she works hard, we all help her, 
but we are poor. I am very anxious for an education. I have 
nothing in the world but the clothes I have on and this little 
package and thirty-nine cents. " The captain said, " Gentlemen, 
this recital stirs my heart. I will put down $200, for this boy's 
benefit. What say you?" Two subscribed $150, each, and the 
old Roxbury School Master, being present and in tears, shouted. 
"I will be good for $300." The boy burst into tears. The School 
Master said, " I will have you ready for Harvard as soon as I can, 
so cheer up. " The boy exclaimed. " I thank you a thousand 
times." He was in a few hours at his grandfather's and found 
a welcome reception and made his mother's birth-place his home. 
He soon entered the Latin School at Roxbury and in three years 
entered Harvard, from which he was graduated with honor in 
1807. He had a call to the Principalship of Lynn Academy, 
where he did good work and received good pay. Now feeling 
the burden of his ministerial and missionary call, he entered 
Andover Theological Seminary, where he became intimate with 
Adoniram Judson. At a great missionary meeting at Bradford 
he met for the first time Harriet Atwood and fell in love with 
her. Adoniram was fortunate enough to meet Ann Hazzeltine 
at the same meeting. They both found the delight of their eyes 
and the joy of the hearts there, already prepared to give them 
their hearts and their hands in the great work of life which the 
young men had chosen." 

Another account says that he lived for a time in the family of 
Judge Lowell and afterward with Mr. Ralph Smith. After 
graduating from Andover in 1S10 he studied Medicine at 
Philadelphia. He was one of the signers of the memorandum 




REV. SAMUEL NEWELL. 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY 65 

from the students at Andover, dated 27 July 1810, that led to 
the organization of the American Board of Commissioners for 
Foreign Missions, and was one of the first four who offered 
themselves to that Society for missionary service. He married 
Harriet Atwood and they sailed for India 19 Feb. 1812. On his 
arrival the Bengal Government ordered him to leave the country. 
He went to the Isle of France, where his wife died 30 Nov. 
1812. He afterward published the "Life and Writings of Mrs. 
Harriet Newell." He went to Ceylon and thence in 1817 to 
Bombay. He wrote with the Rev. Gordon Hall "The 
Conversion of the World or the Claims of Six Hundred 
Millions." He is described as a man of excellent abilities and 
profound piety. His second wife was Philomelia Thurston of 
Elmira, N. Y., who went to India to marry him. They had a 
daughter Harriet, who married a Mr. Flart and died in Georgia 
about 1890, leaving one son. Samuel Newell died in Bombay, 
India, 30 March 1821, as noble a man as has been born in 
Durham. 

REV. O. ISRAEL BAGLEY NEWELL was born 5 April 
1794, labored on his father's farm in Durham during the sum- 
mer, and for six successive years taught school in winter before 
he was of age. Having fitted himself for college in the midst of 
all this work, he entered as a Sophomore. In college he was 
confessedly the foremost man of his class. He graduated from 
Bowdoin College in 1819. Next came two years of theological 
study in the Andover school ; then on the island of Nantucket he 
had charge of an academy one year. In 1822 he was appointed 
principal of the "Kimball Union Academy" in Plainfield, N. H. 
To this work he devoted himself with earnestness and success. 
During his thirteen years at Plainfield he gave instruction to 
twelve hundred young persons and fitted about two hundred foi 
college. This employment, for which he was so well fitted and 
which he loved, he was compelled through ill health to give up. 
He returned to his native town and became again a farmer. 
Here he lived until his death in 1846. During all this period 
of teaching and farming he was also a preacher, averaging, it is 
thought, a sermon each week. And these sermons "were well 
studied, well arranged, clear, instructive, and affecting." All 
this, which seems a task for the highest physical and mental 



66 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

energy, was accomplished by a man who suffered long and much 
from feeble health. "He was a man of marked character. His 
intellect was clear, discriminating, well trained. He had great 
decision, perseverance, and energy. All his movements were 
characterized by remarkable punctuality and precision. He did 
not suffer himself to be borne along passively by the tide of 
circumstances ; he always knew what he was doing and why he 
was doing it. He was distinguished for scrupulous veracity, 
unbending integrity, and transparent frankness. His piety was 
of a uniform, well-balanced, healthful character." He married 
(1824) Ester M. Whittlesey of Cornish, N. H. They had no 
children. By will he bequeathed $600 to the American Educa- 
tional Society for the benefit of poor students in Bowdoin 
•College, and gave the residue of his estate to the Congregational 
Society in Durham. — History of Bowdoin College, page 213. 

ELDER DANIEL ROBERTS was born in Durham July 
16, 1790. Was converted in 1803 under the preaching of Joshua 
Soule, afterward Bishop of the M. E. Church. In 1812 he 
married Abigail, daughter of George Goodwin of Durham. He 
started for Indiana in 1817. Arriving at Pittsburg in the 
early summer of 1818, he constructed a boat, put his family on 
board and descended the Ohio River to Cincinnati. Here, in 
1819, he united with the Christian Church and was ordained to 
preach the Gospel. In 1820 he settled in Dearborn County, 
Indiana, where he spent the remainder of his life. He died in 
Sparta, Ind., June 24, 1882. His wife died fifteen years before. 
They had twelve children, only two of whom survived him. His 
son, Judge Omar F. Roberts of Aurora, Ind., has furnished a 
published Memorial Discourse of the life and character of his 
father, written by the Rev. L. H. Jameson, D. D. 

Though he was comparatively poor and dug his living out of 
a little farm, he preached the Gospel over sixty years without any 
compensation in money, refusing it when offered. It is thought 
that he baptized fully three thousand persons, fifty-five at one 
time in the dead of winter, with the mercury down to zero, 
and the ice ten inches thick. He performed the work in less 
than an hour. In 1830, at the request of Gen. Harrison, he 
preached on the doorstep of the General's residence, at North 
Bend, Ohio, to an immense audience. Gen. Harrison 




REV. JONATHAN TRACY. 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY 6~] 

pronounced the discourse one of the finest he ever heard, and 
faultless from an oratorical point of view. His voice was well 
adapted to preaching in the open air. In the course of his 
ministry he organized upwards of two hundred churches. No 
man in his region of country was more esteemed, nor exerted 
a more salutary influence. 

REV. CHRISTOPHER TRACY, born 2 Oct. 1758 in Fal- 
mouth, was baptized by Elder Benjamin Randall in 1781, and 
was one of the original members of the Free Baptist Church in 
Durham, of which he remained a member till his death. He was 
ordained 31 Aug. 1808. He was an Evangelist, a well educated 
man for his times, of excellent judgment and earnest as a public 
speaker. He had four sons who were licensed to preach, only 
one of whom, Jonathan was ordained. He died in Durham 11 
Nov. 1839. 

REV. JONATHAN TRACY, oldest son of the above, was 
born 28 Dec. 1782 in Durham. Moved to Minot, now Auburn, 
when a young man. Ordained 24 Feb. 1828. Was called 
"Scripture Tracy" for his remarkable familiarity with the Bible. 
He baptized between 700 and 800 converts, and one time 45 
through a hole cut in the ice. Was an earnest advocate of 
temperance and anti-slavery. Died at Wales, Me., 24 Jan. 1864, 
aged 81 years. The text at his funeral was I Cor. XV. 58. 
'' Steadfast and immovable, always abounding in the work of the 
Lord." Two of his grandsons, Rev. A. P. Tracy of Vermont 
and Rev. Olin H. Tracy of Boston, entered the ministry of the 
Free Baptist Church. He was the father of Ferdinand Tracy 
now living in Durham. The portrait here presented is from 
a daguerreotype taken when he was eighty years old. 

REV. ASA McGRAY, though born in N. Yarmouth 18 Sept. 
1780, moved to Durham with his father when he was a small 
child. He married Susanna Stoddard, in Durham. She was 
born in Charlestown, Mass. He first joined the Methodists. 
He afterward united with the Free Baptist Church and was 
ordained 26 Sept. 1814. He removed in 1816 to Windsor, Nova 
Scotia, and died there 30 Dec. 1843. He was a successful 
evangelist and organizer of churches. The text at his funeral 
was II. Sam. iii. 38. "Know ye not that there is a prince and 
a great man fallen this day in Israel?" 



68 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

REV. DANIEL PIERCE was born in Durham. Licensed 
to preach in the Eaptist Church in 1816. Ordained pastor of 
Lisbon Church in 1818. He had pastorates also in Greene and 
Wales. Was preaching- occasionally in 1845. He married 
Abigail Additon. 

REV. EBENEZER BLAKE, son of William and Sarah 
(Chandler) Blake, was born in Durham 27 April 1786. Was 
converted in the great revival at Methodist Corner in 1804. 
Joined the X. E. Conference in 1807 and preached as an itinerant 
47 years in Maine, X. H., Mass., and Conn. "He was an active, 
laborious and successful minister. " He died at West Bridge- 
water, Mass., 2 Jan. 1868. 

REV. DANIEL LIBBY, son of Daniel and Mary (Hoyt) 
Libby, was born in Durham 22 Feb. 1804; m. 9 Aug. 1832 
Eunice R. Wheeler of Dixfield. Although he was blind he 
educated himself for the ministry of the Cong. Church. Was 
first settled at Dixfield. Afterward preached at Minot. He died 
4 May 1839. 

REV. JOHX MILLER was born in Durham 13 May 1806. 
and died there 5 Dec. 1869. He was converted in 1829 and 
began to preach with the Methodists, in 1837. He afterward 
joined the Free Baptists and continued a good and acceptable 
minister with them until his death. He felt especially called to 
preach to the poor, and his labors were fruitful. He was a man 
of much prayer, strong faith, fervid love, and deep piety. One of 
the first sermons I remember was preached by him, in which 
he drew an illustration from an old Welsh preacher, of Mercy 
staying the hand of Justice. 

REV. DAVID XEWELL, son of William and Anna (Hoyt) 
Newell, was born at Durham 20 Jan. 1805. Was pastor of five 
Free Baptist churches. Baptized 200 persons. Married 2/ Aug. 
1825 Jane S. Brackett. Two sons died in the army during the 
Rebellion. He died in Gorhani 2 Mch. 1891. 

CORNELIUS DOUGLAS was born in Durham [2 June 
1778. He became an eminent preacher in the Society of Friends. 
Moved to Ohio. His farm supported him, and he traveled as a 
preacher extensively at his own expense. Was some time Supt. 



$5* 




REV. JOHN MILLER. 




NATHAN DOUGLAS. 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY 69 

of an Indian Mission School in Kansas. He died 7 Aug. 1885 
and was buried in Bloomington, Ohio. He married 23 Jan. 
1820 Phebe Nichols of Berwick, Me., who died 7 Nov. 1886. 

JOSHUA DOUGLAS was born in Durham 8 Sept. 1794. 
He married Jane Adams 11 June 1818. He spent most of his 
life as a farmer in Durham. He was recommended as a minister 
by the Society of Friends 21 Nov. 1854. He labored successfully 
as an evangelist at home and abroad. He was a man of eminent 
piety, respected by all. He died 21 Jan. 1881 and is buried in 
the cemetery near the Friends' Meeting House in So. Durham. 

NATHAN DOUGLAS, son of David and Waite 
(Hawkes) Douglas, was born in Durham 18 Jan. 1812. He 
married 2 Oct. 1834 Lucy, dau. of Isaiah and Deborah 
(Philbrook) Day. He begun preaching among the Friends at 
the age of 22, and has been for half a century the principal 
minister of the Friends in Durham. His labors have been very 
satisfactory at home and abroad, and have resulted in great good. 
He has visited nearly every yearly meeting of Friends on this 
Continent. He is respected and beloved by all who know him. 

DAVID DUDLEY, son of Micajah and Susanna (Forster) 
Dudley was born in Durham 15 April 1794. He married Eunice 
Buffum who was born in Berwick, 1796. He died in Gardner, 
Johnson Co., Kansas. 'He was," says Eli Jones, "a well 
approved minister in the Friends Society, and traveled 
extensively in this country in the work of the ministry." He 
was famed as an eloquent preacher. He lived in China, Me. 
8 ch. 

REV. MARK B. HOPKINS, born in Durham. Joined 
Maine Conference in 1840 and served as an itinerant in East 
Maine till 1850. He died in Bloomfield 3 June 1859. 

REV. JAMES CUSHING was bom in Durham 9 Jan. 1809. 
Entered Maine Conference in 1831, was stationed successively 
at Eliot, Bethel, Saco, Kittery. Newfield, Cornishville and 
Berwick. Located in 1850 at South Berwick and carried on the 
jeweler's business. Moved to Waupun, Wis. and d. s. p. 1880. 
He married (1) Sarah A. Fernald of Kittery. (2) Elizabeth 
Raynes of So. Berwick. (3) Mary E. Raynes of So. Berwick. 



70 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

REV. ANSEL GERRISH, son of James and Susannah 
(Roberts) Gerrish, was born in Durham 25 Feb. 1804. Married 
Phebe Beal. Entered the Maine Conference of the M. E. church 
in 1827. Served at Kennebunkport, Shapleigh, Scarboro and 
Rumford. Located in 1831. Became a physician. Died in 
Portland, Me. His son, James William Gerrish, was a surgeon 
in U. S. arm}-. 

REV. GEORGE PLUMMER, son of Henry and Wealthy 
(Estes) Plummer, was born in Durham 7 April 1826. Licensed 
to preach in the Free Baptist Church March 1856. Ordained 22 
Dec. 1861. Pastor in Durham five years, at Lisbon Falls five 
years, at Freeport one year, at W. Bowdoin one year. Has 
baptized sixty, married 190 couples and attended 636 funerals. 
After 1883 he preached principally in destitute places. Was 
member of Maine Legislature in 1859. Married (1) 4 April 
1850 Almira J. Coffin; (2) 21 Oct. 1881 Eliza Eacot. He died 
at Lisbon Falls, 17 June 1897. 

REV. ALPHA TURNER was born in Durham 12 June 
1S14. Licensed to exhort in 1843. Received into the Maine 
Conf. in 1 85 1, and for 35 years filled some of its least 
remunerative appointments with great success. I knew him 
well. He was a moral hero. He had been a sailor in his 
youthful days, and was fond of illustrating spiritual truth by 
analogies drawn from the sea. He was a hard worker, very 
fervent in prayer, liberal in thought, of kindly disposition. He 
married (1) 9 Jan. 1840 Abigail Hutchings of Portland. (2) 28 
June 1855 Dorcas S. R. Roberts of Cape Elizabeth. He died at 
Cornish 6 Jan. 1897. 

REV. WILLIAM H. CRAWFORD, born in Pownal 4 Oct. 
1821, was brought up in Durham. Admitted to Maine Confer- 
ence in 1844 and served important charges in the eastern part of 
the state till 1870, when he was superannuated. He was a very 
godly, useful and beloved pastor and preacher. Died 18 Feb. 
1889. His son, Rev. George A. Crawford, is Chaplain in the U. 
S. Navy. 

REV. JAMES BARBER CRAWFORD was born in 
Durham 22 Dec. 1828 and died in Bucksport, Me., 31 March 
1869. He got his education at Kent's Hill at the price of much 




REV. GEORGE PLUMMER. 




EEV. FREDERICK HOWARD EVELETH. D.D. 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY 7 I 

toil and sacrifice. He began to preach in 1862, and joined the 
East Maine Conference in 1866. He was for ten years Principal 
of The East Maine Conf. Seminary at Bucksport. " He was an 
incessant worker. With ability to teach he united power to win, 
and this power was used to train souls for heaven. He was not 
satisfied merely to cultivate the minds of his pupils, but aimed to 
impress the higher obligations of life. As a preacher his earnest 
address enlisted the sympathies and won the affections of his 
hearers." 

REV. GEORGE A. CRAWFORD, born in Durham 1820. 
Entered the Maine Conf. in 1846 and was stationed at Stowe. 
He did not remain long a member of the Conference, but 
preached often as a local preacher. He was steward of 
the seminary at Kent's Hill several years. When postmaster at 
Brunswick he supplied the church at Harpswell. He taught 
school in his early days in Durham. He was a good teacher, 
a man of piety and benevolence, very social by nature and highly 
esteemed everywhere. Sickness ended his days in sadness, 25 
Sept. 1878. 

REV. HORATIO M. MACOMBER was born 22 June 1814. 
Pie joined the Maine Conference of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church in 1834 and was successively stationed at Pembroke, 
Robbinston, Lubec, York, Eliot, Dam's Mills, Plollis, Cornish, 
Gorham, and Kennebunkport. In 1844 he located, became a 
dentist and practiced a long time in Lynn, Mass. He died in 
Indiana about 1890. He was a preacher of good ability, natural 
grace, and unblemished character. 

REV. JAMES H. SAWYER was born in Durham. He 

became a preacher in the Universalist Church, but was 

principally employed as a teacher in Corinna Academy. The 
details of his career could not be obtained. 

REV. FREDERICK HOWARD EVELETH, D. D., was 
born in Durham 21 Mch. 1843. ^ e ntted for College at Hebron 
Academy and graduated at Waterville College, now Colby 
University in 1870, and at Newton Theological Institute (Mass.) 
in 1873. In September following he sailed for Burma as a 
missionary of the American Baptist Missionary Union. He 



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labored in the Burman Mission at Toungas until 1885, with the 
exception of a visit to America in 1879. I' 1 '885 he went to 
Rangoon for literary work on a new edition of the Burman 
Bible first translated by Adoniram Judson. He published 
several books in Burmese, such as " Old Testament Biographical 
Sketches." Illustrated. Rangoon, 1886, 8vo : "Burmese Pocket 
Dictionary," compiled from Dr. Judson's Dictionaries, Rangoon, 
1887, 8vo ; "Preparation and Delivery of Sermons," Abridged 
and Translated, Rangoon, 1896, 8vo. He again visited America 
in 1887 and again in 18S9-90. From 1890 to 1896 he had charge 
of the Burman Mission at Sandoway. In the spring of 1896 he 
removed to Dusein, a suburb of Rangoon, to assume the duties 
of Professor in the Burman Department of the Baptist 
Theological Seminary. In 1898 Colby University conferred 
upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity. 

He married. 14 June 1873, Mattie I Inward, dau. of the Rev. 
J. F. Eveleth of Eden, Me. They have two sons, Frederick 
Shailcr, who graduates in 1899 from the School of Medicine of 
Boston University, and Charles Edward, a student at the 
Worcester, Mass., Polytechnic Institute. 

REV. EMERSON H. McKENNEY, son of Abel and Ann 
(Miller) McKenney, was born in Durham 23 Oct. 1841. Was 
admitted to Maine Conf. in 1867. In 1873 his health became 
impaired and he moved to Lynn, Mass. He supplied churches 
at Saugus, Essex, and Wilmington during the next ten years. 
Died at Saugus 17 Feb. 1884. His wife was Eliza S. Hasty of 
Durham, m. 28 June 1867. 

The Conference Minutes say he "was a holy man, and a 
successful minister. All who knew him respected him. His last 
sickness was severe, but the end was victorious." 

REV. GREENLEAF H. BOWIE, son of David R., was 
born in Durham 2 Oct. 1840. He began preaching in i860 as a 
licensed preacher of the M. E. Church. In 1868 he removed to 
Phippsburg and united with the Free Baptist church. Was soon 
after ordained and has served churches at Georgetown, Small 
Point, Hodgdon, etc. Is now at Patten, Me. Is a godly and 
useful man. Has preached 105 funeral sermons. In 1866 he 
married Annie Norton of St. George. They have had eight 
children of whom seven are living. 




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ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY 73 

REV. STANFORD MITCHELL was born in Durham 3 
Nov. 1840. In the Civil War he served three years in Co. C, 
8th Me. Regt, most of the time in S. Carolina. He entered the 
ministry of the Universalist Church and being an excellent singer 
has been employed for twenty years in Evangelistic work as 
preacher and vocalist. He has also been active in Temperance 
work. Was last stationed at Caribou. 

REV. GEORGE LEAVENS, though not born in Durham, 
was brought up in the family of William Stackpole. He enlisted 
in the Civil War and lost an arm in the service. Fitted for 
College at Edward Little Institute, Auburn. Spent some time 
at Waterville College. Graduated at the Theological Seminary 
at Rochester, N. Y. Married Sarah, dau. of Dea. William 
Dingley. Served one or two Baptist Churches in Maine. Died 
21 March 1874, aged 31 yrs. 2 mos. Two sons died young. A 
daughter, Lou, married Mr. Wheeler and lives in Somerville, 
Mass. 

REV. EVERETT S. STACKPOLE was born in Durham it 
June, 1850. He was educated at the "Little Red School- 
house" till fifteen yeais of age. He then spent two years at 
Edward Little Institute, Auburn, fitting for College. Graduated 
at Bowdoin College 1871. Began to teach at age of sixteen, 
and taught winter and fall terms in Durham, West Minot, No. 
Gray, Yarmouth Academy, Hartland Academy, Brewer High 
School and Brunswick High School. Thus he paid a large share 
of his college expenses. After graduation he taught one year at 
Washington Academy, East Machias, and three years as 
Principal of the High School in Bloomfield, New Jersey. 
Graduated at the School of Theology of Boston University in 
1878 and at once entered the ministry of the Maine Conference 
of the M. E. Church. He was assigned to the poorest station in 
the Conference, Kmgfield Circuit, where the salary paid the 
preceding year was $120. His first year's salary in the ministry 
was $300. The circuit included three townships, and he made 
occasional trips to regions thirty miles beyond. He was 
stationed successively at Lisbon, Woodfords, Westbrook, Bath 
and Portland. In 1888 he became Director of a Theological 
School in Florence, Italy, for the training of Italian preachers, 
and continued in that work till 1892, also editing for one year 



74 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

an Italian religious monthly paper. In 1892-3 he studied 
Theology at the University of Berlin and traveled extensively in 
Europe, Egypt and Palestine. He rejoined the Maine 
Conference and preached at Auburn 1894-8. He is now pastor 
of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Augusta, serving also as 
one of the Chaplains in the Insane Asylum and in the Soldiers 
Home at Togus. He has published, besides many newspaper 
articles and several tracts in Italian, "Four and a Half Years in 
the Italy Mission," "The Evidence of Salvation, or the Direct 
Witness of the Spirit," " Prophecy, or Speaking for God," 
'History and Genealogy of the Stackpole Family," and a 
"History of Durham." He received the degree of D. D. from 
Bowdoin College in 1888. 

He married in New Hampton, N. H., 20 Aug. 1878 Lizzie 
A. Blake, dan. of the Rev. Charles and Lucy A. (Knowlton) 
Blake. They have one son, Everett Birney Stackpole, born in 
Lisbon 11 Dec. 1879. He is a member of the class of 1900, in 
Bowdoin College. 

REV. BENJAMIN F. FICKETT, son of Simon and Lydia 
(Sawyer) Fickett, was born in Durham, 22 Feb. 1850. Joined 
the M. E. Church in 1867. Admitted to the Maine Conference 
in 1890. Has served at Andover, Bethel, Wilton and Phillips. 
Has been very successful in building church edifices and in 
adding to the membership of the churches served. He is a man 
of good sense, earnestness, and native ability. He married (1) 
12 Sept. 1877 Clara A. Morse of Bath, who died 9 May 1878; 
(2) 1 Oct. 1881, Zephie A. Rowe of Georgetown, who has 
contributed much to his success and helped to win for both a 
host of friends. 

REV. EDGAR LINDLEY WARREN was born at Durham 
Nov. 3, 1858. He was educated for a journalist and served on 
the Kennebec Journal. He was for a time official reporter of 
the Maine Senate ; also correspondent of the Boston Herald. 
He graduated from Andover Theo. Sem. in 1886, and spent 
another year in special study. He has been pastor at Claremont, 
N. H., North Attleboro, Mass., Westerly, R. I., and is now 
pastor of the Cong. Church in Wolfboro, N. H. His ministry 
has been unusually fruitful. He married (1) 10 Sept. 1890, 
Josephine Weeks of W. Durham. She died 15 Mch. 1893. His 
second wife was Edith Gilbert Crcum of Hampton Falls, N. H. 




REV. CHARLES HENRY STACKPOLE. 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY 



75 



REV. CHARLES HENRY STACKPOLE was born in 
Durham on lot 1 12. 29 July 1864. He fitted for College at 
Edward Little High School, Auburn, and graduated at 
Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., in the class ®f 1884 
He then taught -few years in Edward Little High School. 
Graduated from the School of Theology of Boston University in 
1891 and has preached two years at Bradford, Mass., and four 
years at Peabody, Mass. He is now pastor of the Stanton Ave. 
Methodist Episcopal Church in Dorchester, Mass. He is a 
popular and successful preacher. 

He married, ^ Juiiy 18954 Maude A. Rolfe of Auburn who 
had been associated with him as teacher in the Edward Little 
High School. 

REV. HENRY JACKSON NEWELL, son of James and 
Susanna Newell, was born in Durham 12 May 1819. He was 
educated at Kent's Hill and at Wesleyan University, Middletown, 
Conn. He was ordained to the ministry 7 July 1844 at Newport, 
R. I. He had charge of a school in Batesville, Pa., until 
about 1855, when he went to Little Rock, Ark. Here he 
united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and 
continued in teaching till the Civil War, preaching occasionally. 
He suffered persecution and loss of property during the Rebel- 
lion, and narrowly escaped with his life. His wife, who was 
Hattie Hutchings of Batesville, Pa., and children died, leaving 
him alone and penniless. He died 10 April 1889. 

REV. JOHN VINING NEWELL, brother of the one last 
mentioned, was born 26 April 1829. He began his ministry in a 
Conference of the M. E. Church in Penn. in 1852, and has con- 
tinued in the same Conference until the present time. He is now 
afflicted with paralysis at his home in Throop. Pa. 

REV. ENOCH F. NEWELL, son of Daniel and Emily K. 
(Harmon) Newell, was born in Durham 2 Dec. 1842. Was for 
a time a student in North Yarmouth Academy. Enlisted at age 
of eighteen and was in all the battles of the Army of the Potomac, 
being wounded at Gettysburg. He married 15 July 1865 Etta 
M. Toothaker of Pownal. After living a short time in Illinois 
and Wisconsin he settled in Michigan in 1870. In 1878 he 
entered the ministry as a member of the Michigan Conference of 



76 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

the M. E. Church and has preached every Sabbath since except 
one. He is reported of as standing high in his Conference and 
having success in his work. He is at present stationed at 
Edwardsburg, Mich. Has had five children of whom two sons 
and two daughters are living. 

REV. J. H. TOMPSON, son of Joseph and Hannah (Rice) 
Tompson. was born at Methodist Corner July 9, 1847. He left 
Durham at the age of seven years and lived in Yarmouth and 
Lewiston. By resisting for some years the conviction that he 
must be a preacher his preparation for the ministry was delayed. 
He graduated at Kent's Hill in 1875 and at Wesleyan University, 
Middletown, Conn., in 1878. He has served several charges in 
the New England Conference with marked success and is now 
stationed at Highlandsville, Mass. He married, 10 Oct. 1880, 
Fannie F. Reade of Dighton, Mass. and has had four children. 

REV. HENRY H. MORRILL, son of Frank and Sarah N. 
(Newell) Morrill, was born in Durham 6 Jan. i860. Moved 
with his parents to Lewiston in 1869, and to Cambridge, Mass. 
in 1874. Was educated in the schools of those cities and at Har- 
vard University, where he graduated cum magna laude in 1882. 
Took three years of post-graduate study at Harvard. Went 
West and studied for the ministry of the Episcopal Church. 
Ordained at Salina, Kansas, 19 Sept. 1888. Is now Rector of 
St. John's Parish, Clinton, Iowa. He married, 16 Nov. 1884, 
Carrie Emily, dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth Barrington of Cam- 
bridge, Mass. They have one dau. b. 18 July 1888 at Holton, 
Kas. 

The following were local preachers, but we are unable to say 
whether they were ever ordained, Eben Ruby, Robert Bowie, 
Henrv Plummer and Andrew Blethen. 



77 



VI. 

SCHOOLS 

At the first town meeting held in Royalsborough Feb. 24, 
1774 O. Israel Bagley, William Gerrish and Stephen Chase were 
chosen a committee to "pick out a lot for a Scale lot." If any 
school existed in Royalsborough before this date it was held in 
some private house. Tradition says that there was a school in 
the house of O. Israel Bagley and this is confirmed by an entry 
in his Account Book, March 8, 1779, " payd Danil Wizwell the 
chool master 7:10:0; to 3 weaks and three days 10:10:0." In 
1780 the town meeting was held at the school-house. This is its 
first mention. It was built by Benjamin Vining on his own 
land, lot 71, and both house and land were bought of Vining 
by the town in 1781. March 16, 1780 it was voted "to have 
School this year and to muve Scull according to pools." This 
points to the conclusion that schools had been held in private 
houses in different parts of the town. A little later the same 
year it was voted " to take that money that was voted for School 
to Defray town charges." The town was heavily burdened with 
taxes for the Revolutionary War. Schools were suspended. 
Sept. 12, 1781 voted "to have School this winter." The next 
year $100 in silver were appropriated for schools, two-thirds to 
be expended in summer anil the rest in winter. 

After the purchase of Vining's school-house the public school 
was held there. Soon the southern part of the town began to 
ask for a school of their own. May 5, 1783, " voted not to Sett 
of the quakers to have School by themselves but to have the 
advantage of the town School." The next year, however, it was 
decided to have school three months during the winter and that 
the people "on the eastern side of Joseph Noyes River brook" 
have one-third of the $40 raised for schools. Thus the town was 
divided into two districts by the stream in the southern part of 
the town running through the "Great meadow." March 27, 
1785, the following vote was passed, "Beginning at Christopher 



78 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

trases and Down to the grate meador Pond Down the mast Road 
to the goer voted to have School this year the hole of the year 
or 12 months. Voted to muve the School in foer Parts of the 
town at mr. Thomas Parsons and hear at this hous (Vining's 
School House?) and at Air. Joshua Strouts and in the South' 
west part of the Plantation." 

There are no records for the next four years. In 1789, at 
the first town meeting- of Durham, forty-five pounds were voted 
to schools. In 1790 it was voted to divide the town into six 
school districts, three on each side of the Great Meadow, and to 
build five more school-houses. This vote was reconsidered at 
a subsequent meeting, and the town seems to have decided to 
leave the building of school-houses to the respective districts. 
April 4, 1791, the town voted that the "School be Divided into 
Seven Districts, Three on the eastern Side of the Great Meadow 
and Four on the Western Side of the Meadow," and that the 
Selectmen divide the school and money as they see fit. The 
appropriations for schools steadily increased till in 1797 they 
reached $266.68 and in 1803, $400. 

With the growth of population modifications and subdivisions 
of the above mentioned seven districts were necessary. In 1802 
Jacob Sawyer, Joseph Sawyer and Ebenezer Bragdon were set 
off to Joshua Miller's School class. The same year the school 
district on the County Road was divided by the Selectmen as 
follows : " Beginning at Freeport Line on the County Road in 
said Town as follows viz. Saml. Goodwin, Heirs of Capt. John 
Scott, Josiah Burnham, Nathaniel Osgood, John Saddleman, 
Nehemiah Hooper, John Eaton, Aaron Osgood, Elisha Stetson, 
John Lincoln, Benjamin Roberts, Aaron Allen, George Gerrish, 
Reuben Dyer, John Richards." This was called District No. 
one. It shows who were the residents on the lower County 
Road in 1802 and the order of their houses. The school-house 
cost $175, and was built by Joseph Osgood. $3.84 were paid 
for "andiorns and fier Shovel." The table cost $1.50; a chair 
$1. ; and a "pale," 33 cents. It is seen that there were no stoves 
for school-houses. The big fire-place filled with logs and chips 
together with a liberal use of the ferule, kept the pupils warm. 

April 13, 1802, William Mitchell, Jr. sold for one dollar to 
Abel True, School Com. land 24 ft by 22 ft on the "County Road 
leading from Gloucester to Brunswick " for a school-house. 
This was west of the Church at Methodist Corner. 




SCHOOL-HOUSE AT SOUTH WEST BEND. 



SCHOOLS 79 

At a legal town meeting held 1810 the following persons were 
constituted school district No. 2 : John Collins, Abraham Fisher, 
Nicholas Varney, Cornelius Douglas, Caleb Estes, Nicholas 
Varney Jr., Samuel Collins, Abijah Collins, Joshua Clough, 
Bachelder Ring, O. Israel Fifield, Elisha Tuttle, Reuben Tuttle 
Jr., Joseph Estes, Nathan Hawkes, James Welch, Joseph Ward, 
Samuel Welch, Nicholas Pinkham, Samuel Field, Sarah Clough, 
and Katherinc Bailey. These lived in the vicinity of the Friends' 
Meeting House. 

In 1819 there was a redivision of the town into thirteen school 
districts. The numbering was changed so that the district along 
the River road in the northern part of the town was called 
number one and has remained so ever since. Old school district 
number one on the lower County Road to Freeport is now 
number eight. Number two has been since 1819 the middle 
district of the three across the northern part of the town, while 
the old number two of the Friends' neighborhood is now number 
ten. 

Up to 1809 the inhabitants near S. W . Bend attended School 
at the Mouse on \ ining's land, the first one built, on the County 
Road nearly a mile from the river. In 1809 an assessment of 
$259.14 was made on the Bend District for the building of a 
new School House. It was built on the road that leads from the 
Bend to Gerrish's Mill on the hill before crossing Dyer's Brook. 
The following persons were assessed : Andrew Adams, Symonds 
Baker, M. D., Simeon Blethen, John Converse, M. D., John 
dishing, Micah Dyer, Heirs of David Dyer, Dennis George 
Dyer, Richard Dyer, John Field, William Gerrish, James Gerrish, 
Wm. Gerrish, Jr., Benj. Gerrish, Nath'l Gerrish, David 
McFarland, John Mcintosh, Samuel Merrill, Joshua Merrill, 
John Merrill, John Nichols, Ebenezer Newell, Samuel Nichols, 
William Nichols, Joseph Proctor, Meshack Punngton, Peter 
Parker, Barnabas Strout, Ebenezer Strout, Oliver Stoddard, 
Daniel Twombly, Benjamin Vining, Josiah Vining, Bela Vining, 
John Vining, Benjamin Vining, Jr., Joseph Weeman, Joseph 
Weeman, Jr., Luke Woodward. 

These were in 1809 the inhabitants of S. W. Bend and down 
as far as Gerrish's Mill. 

The Schools in those days were ungraded. There was a 
summer and a winter term of about ten weeks each. There were 



80 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

few text-books. Each pupil made a manuscript arithmetic. 
Those of James Booker and Waitstill Webber I have seen, and 
they indicate such labor as must have made their owners good 
mathematicians. Grammar was one of the higher branches and 
was very little studied. In teaching penmanship the master 
wrote a "copy" which the pupils endeavored to imitate with 
a quill. Spelling-matches awakened great interest. They were 
often held in the evening and the whole community were "spelled 
down." The grown-up boys were sometimes more muscular 
than intellectual, and if they did not like the master, he was in 
danger of being carried out into a snow-drift. The switch and 
ferule were always in evidence, and the mischievous girls fared 
no better than the boys. Indeed tradition says that Master 
Rourk sometimes took the naughty big girls across his knee, 
after the manner in vogu'e with small members of the home 
circle. .Nevertheless the boys and girls made progress, and the 
ungraded country school often produced better scholarship than 
the graded school of forty weeks or more in the cities. The 
pupils were required to take their books home and study every 
evening, and discipline was as strict at home as in the school- 
house. 

The names of a few old school teachers appear on the town 
records. The Rev. Eliphaz Chapman was paid twelve pounds 
and eight shillings for teaching in 1794. Parson Herrick also 
taught school. "Leucenday" Curtis taught three months in 
1795 for four pounds and one shilling. Elizabeth Barker taught 
a term in 1800 for $10.50. Nancy Eaton taught in 1801 ; Mary 
Douglas in 1799. Between 1800 and 1804 the following teachers 
were employed : Beniah Hanson, Isaac Green, John Martin, Isaac 
Davis, William Bartlett, John Staples, James Gerrish, Jr., and 
Joseph Gerrish. The school-master, par excellence, of those days 
was Martin Rourk. Teaching was his profession. He must 
have been a good teacher, or he would not have been so many 
times employed in several districts. 

The regular terms of school were felt to be insufficient to 
satisfy the thirst for education. These were supplemented from 
time to time by "Private Schools" or High Schools. The 
earliest of such schools recorded was kept by Joseph Hill in the 
autumn of 1836. He was then a student in Bowdoin College, 
where he graduated in 1S18. He taught for a time at Blue Hill 



SCHOOLS 8 1 

and died in 1842. Hill's school at S. W. Bend was well attended. 
Some students came from Lisbon and from Freeport. In 1837 
the school was moved to West Durham and was held in the 
galleries of the old Methodist church. Eleven of the twenty-one 
males who attended that school in 1837 became school-teachers 
the following winter. So writes Benjamin F. Nason who was 
one of the eleven. The only survivors of that company of 
academicians are Dr. David B. Sawyer and Albert H. Gerrish 
of Berlin, N. FI. 

Some of the teachers of High Schools back in the sixties were 
Frank Morrill, who afterwards began the practice of law at S. W. 
Bend, Ira A. Shurtleff, whose brilliant career as a teacher in the 
West was cut short by early death, Frank E. Sleeper, now a 
successful physician at Sabattus, and Elbridge Y. Turner, who 
always had order and got an unusual amount of hard study from 
his pupils. One of the first teachers I can remember at the little 
Red School House on the River Road was Edward T. Little, a 
scholarly gentleman, whose early death was so much lamented. 
Horace P. Roberts of Lisbon was another good teacher in that 
school, as Alfred Jordan had been some years before. I well 
remember George S. Wedgwood of Litchfield as one of the 
best teachers I had in early days, now a prominent lawyer in 
Omaha. Xeb. In those days few districts had less than twenty- 
five pupils, and some had three times that number. What sport 
we had at noon and recess, skating and sliding down hill! 
What mighty preparations for School Exhibitions in the old 
Universalist Church ! I seem now to hear the dialogue of 
Saladin and Malek Addel as given by the beloved and lamented 
Lt. Sumner Strout and Fred Eveleth, now the honored Doctor 
of Divinity and head of a Mission School in distant Burma. 
Voices long hushed are still saying, " Ye call me chief, " and 
are still reciting how "Old Ironsides at anchor lay." The 
tableaux were quite theatrical, yet the most pious people seemed 
to enjoy them. Other schools have not made so deep and lasting 
impressions, nor do they awaken so many memories of unalloyed 
happiness. 



32 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

VII. 

INDUSTRIES AND TRADES 

Lumber was the chief article of trade during- the first years 
of the settlement. Ship-building was a great industry in 
Freeport and Yarmouth, and Durham supplied much of the ship- 
timber. Many a tall pine has been hauled over the County 
Road to serve as the mast of a vessel. Deck plank, ribs and 
knees were prepared in saw-pits that might be seen at short 
intervals along the roads. These saw-pits were made at 
convenient places where the land inclined to the road. A 
suitable amount was excavated for the pit. This was 
decked over a sufficient length for the longest timber. The 
timber was first sided with the broad axe, then rolled on and 
lined. Then two men went to work with a saw, one standing 
on the stick of timber and the other in the pit, pushing and 
pulling the saw. This was the only way of sawing curved timber. 
Many of the early settlers found employment in the ship-yards 
and on coasting vessels. 

Cord wood for fuel found a poor market in the early davs. 
In clearing the land for agricultural purposes great quantities 
of fine hard wood were cut, rolled into huge piles and burned. 
Sometimes neighbors gathered to assist in clearing the land. 
Such gatherings were called "rolling-bees." In similar spirit of 
helpfulness and sociability the women had their "quilting-bees." 
These were succeeded by " paring-bees " after orchards were 
grown, and by " husking-bees " in time of harvest. 

The first saw-mill was, doubtless, that built on Chandler's 
Stream by Judah Chandler in 1766. The second mill on the 
same site was built in 1777 by Judah Chandler, O. Israel Bagley, 
Daniel Bagley, John Randall, Stephen Randall, and John 
Gushing. The third was a grist-mill built about 1810 by 
Edward Thompson and Benjamin Sawyer. The present stone 
mill was built by Richardson of Brunswick. 

Gerrish's mill is mentioned on Rovalsborouefi Records, Feb. 







THE STONE MILL. 



INDUSTRIES AND TRADES 83 

16, 1775. How long it had been in existence is not known. 
March 1, 1778, George Gerrish sold to William Gerrish "one 
quarter part of a Saw mill and one quarter part of a Corn mill 
standing on Wire's Brook so cald and all the utensils to my 
part of said mill." This is the earliest mention of a grist mill, 
though O. Israel Bagley is said to have had a wind-mill for 
grinding corn earlier than this. Gerrish 's mill afterwards passed 
into the hands of Sewall of Bath, and Alay 7, 1823 James Sewall. 
tallow-chandler, and Lucy his wife sold to John Vining, 
Benjamin Gerrish, James Gerrish and Andrew Adams, Jr. for 
$55° "two acres including Gerrish's mill." "Wyer's Brook 
formerly so called " is mentioned in this deed. This mill passed 
into the ownership of Henry Plummer in 1835 and has been 
known for half a century as Plummer's Mill. 

Samuel Tracy's mill at the mouth of Meadow Brook, in the 
southern part of the town, is mentioned in 1795. It was a grist 
mill and iong ago disappeared. Only traces of the dam can be 
seen. 

The first mill built near S. W. Bend was on Dyer's Brook, by 
Luke Woodward and Jacob Herrick in 1810. It was a carding 
mill and grist mill combined. About 1820 it was owned by 
John Mayall and operated as a woolen mill till he transferred his 
business to Lisbon Factory. A saw and grist mill succeeded 
that of Mayall. This also has vanished away, and only the 
deserted buildings erected for the canning of corn mark the site 
of the old mills. 

The South West Bend Dam Company was chartered in 1836. 
It proposed to build a dam between Green's Rips and the mouth 
of Gerrish's (Wyer's) Brook. Nothing came of it. March 15, 
1837 the Durham Steam Company was chartered, consisting of 
Joshua Miller Jr., Orlando Merrill, Ezekiel Hoole, Ivory 
Warren, James Strout and Jonathan C. Merrill, " for the purpose 
of grinding grain and plaster of Paris, of sawing all kinds of 
lumber, and of manufacturing Iron, Steel, Cotton or Wools." 
The proposed capital was $50,000 in shares of $100. Stock was 
sold to the value of $8,400. Then assessments duly began. 
Three were made in 1838, amounting to $8,150. Seven more 
assessments followed in 1841-2 amounting to $5,697. The stock 
holders were selling out at big discounts. The enthusiasm had 
subsided. Some thought that South West Bend was to become 



84 HISTOR\ OF DURHAM 

a great city, and all the hill about the Union Church was laid 
out into houselots. The mill was built on the bank of the river 
in the rear of Union Church. It discontinued in 1842, and was 
removed to East Brunswick or Bath and there long known as 
Humphrey's Mill. 

It would be easy to suggest a bigger scheme than this. It is 
readily seen that the broad level farms stretching three miles 
north of South West Bend on both sides of the river were once 
the bottom of a lake. The river has worn a notch through at 
the Ferry and so drained the lake. Now let some capitalists 
buy up the farms mentioned and build a dam twenty feet high 
at the Ferry. Then with a reservoir three to four miles in 
diameter they will have one of the largest water powers in Maine. 
This of course would bring the railroad in due time and hasten 
the Electric Road which must soon be built from Auburn to 
Yarmouth, to connect with Portland. Then those houselots 
staked out in 1837 will sell with a rush, and Durham, like Truth 
crushed to earth, will rise again. 

Or it may be thought more feasible to cut a canal from the 
Androscoggin to the Old Stone Mill. It need be not much more 
than twenty feet deep and three miles long. This would turn 
the Androscoggin into Royal's River and boom West Durham, 
Pownal and Yarmouth at the expense, perhaps, of Lisbon Falls 
and Brunswick. The dam at the Ferry would also help this 
enterprise. 

In the early days the shoemaker took his kit and went from 
house to house, as also did the tailor. Such an itinerant was 
O. Israel Bagley. Others of his craft were John Graffam, 
Micajah Meader, Joseph Douglas, Ebenezer Stimpson, and 
Benjamin Lemont. The first to do shop shoemaking at the 
Bend were Winslow A. Eveleth, Jacob A. Roak (who lived in 
the house now occupied by George Nichols) and Moses 
Atkinson. 

April 20, 1820, John Rogers of Lynn. Mass., commenced the 
manufacture of Morocco shoes at Waitstill Webber's, in So. 
Durham. A score of small shoe-shops soon were built in that 
m ighborhood, each employing five or six workmen. Many 
took work at their homes. In the height of the industry one 
hundred and fifty men were employed and as many women. 
The industry continued till 1855. There were three firms; 



INDUSTRIES AND TRADES 85 

Lemuel Jones and John H. Buffer; Lorenzo Day; and Isaac 
Hopkins. After 1855 work was taken from Lynn, Mass., and so 
it continued to be till about 1870. This part of Durham was 
called Shoe-Town. Almost every house was a shoe-shop. 

In 1834 Daniel Holland established a shoe-manufactory at 
South West Bend, and continued in the business two years. 
He employed eight or ten men, among them being James H. 
Eveleth. Robert Goddard, Amos Atkins, and G. F. Flemington. 
Washington Colder was associated with him in the making of 
harnesses. Holland married Mary A. Field of Lewiston in 1835. 
She is still living and remembers getting breakfast for ten 
boarders the morning after her marriage. Holland was 
succeeded by James H. Eveleth who carried on shoe-making at 
the Bend for fifty years. 

Joseph Estes had a tannery and harness-shop near the 
Friends' Meeting House as early as 1776. He was succeeded in 
the business by Nathan Hawkes who carried it on for many 
years. Near by was an old grist mill run by wind. It was 
octagonal, built of huge timbers, and was moved about with 
crow-bars to suit the direction of the wind. Tradition says that 
there was once a tannery owned by Samuel Field in the gully 
south of Dr. Converse's house, close to the river, a little north 
of the Bend. A tannery, managed by William Wagg, within 
the memory of many stood in the rear of R. M. Strout's store. 

The first store-keeper was O. Israel Bagley, whose store was 
on the County Road, just below the residence of Charles H. Bliss. 
Here he did business from 1770 till 1789. John Randall had a 
store between Methodist Corner and Chandler's Mill at a very 
early date. On the river road, about 1800, stores were kept by 
Secomb Jordan, near Everett Macomber's, by Elijah 
Macomber, just above George Miller's, by Samuel Merrill and 
several others. Barnabas Strout kept store and hotel where 
Wesley Day now lives. Later Horace Corbett was in trade at 
the Bend. In fact there were four large stores, some of them 
doing wholesale business. Besides Corbett there were James 
Strout Jr. and Rufus Jordan in partnership. Ivory Warren (who 
was succeeded by his son Emery and his grandson George) and 
John Higgins. People came from Auburn. Lewiston, Turner, 
Brickfield and regions beyond to do their trading at S. W. Bend. 
John Macomber was a clerk in Rufus Jordan's store about 1840. 



86 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

1 remember to have heard him say that he had counted at one 
time as many as forty teams hitched about the stores, and at 
Jordan's five clerks were kept busy selling goods. It must have 
been about this time that a milliner's shop was moved from 
Auburn to Durham. A bakery was run by David Bowie, a little 
north of Eunice's (Fitz's) brook about ninety years ago. Near 
b) I < ister Waterman had the first lawyer's office. He was taxed 
1804-7. Samuel Gooch, Esq., was, in 1819, the town's agent 
'"to collect the taxes due from these people who have been run 
into the town of Pejepscot." Between 1840 and 1850 Esquire 
Simmons had an office at S. W. Bend, and Judge Xahum Mor- 
rill, now of Auburn, practiced law here, 1844-6. 

The first trader at So. Durham was Amos F. Lunt who begun 
in 1844 and is still in trade. No man has ever charged him with 
dishonesty. Later George Turtle and Nathan Hawkes each had 
a store at So. Durham. Before Lunt's time the people traded 
in Brunswick. 

Frances A. B. Hussey kept store and So. Durham Post Office 
on lot 12 before 1850. 

The first itinerant tailor remembered by " the oldest 
inhabitant " was John Demerit. The shop-tailors of the early 
part of this century were Bradley, Frost, Samuel Shehan, and 
William Wording. 

The first wagon and sleigh maker was Francis Harmon, on 
the '' County Road. " He was succeeded by his sons Francis, 
Jr., and Lora. The latter had his shop at the Bend and was 
succeeded by Sidney Bailey. 

The first harness-makers were Joseph Estes in So. Durham 
and Joshua Barstow at the Bend, near where Marcus Eveleth 
lives. George XV. Tukey came from Portland and made 
harnesses and trunks, near where R. M. Strout's store now is. 

The first and only saddle-tree maker was Matthew Estes, 
whose shop was near the Bend on the County Road. 

The only dentist Durham ever had was David B. Strout, 
who afterward became so well known in Lewiston and Auburn, 
and who handed down in writing many of the above historical 
items. 

The earliest inn-keeper was O. Israel Bagley. William 
McGray is mentioned on Town Records as " Inholder " in 1797. 
Still earlier John Hoyt kept an inn near Methodist Corner. 




SOUTH WEST BEND. 



INDUSTRIES AND TRADES 87 

Joseph Proctor had a tavern a little north of Eunice's brook as 
early as 1795, and William Stoddard had one, about 1800. in the 
house now occupied by Everett Macomber, on the River Road. 
About 1812 Nathaniel Gerrish, who a little later moved to Lisbon, 
built the house where Prescott J. Strout now lives, at the Bend, 
and kept hotel, being succeeded by Samuel McGray. Here Dr. 
Richer 1 afterward lived, and 1859-65, Dr. M. C. Wedgwood, 
now of Lewiston, lived here. 

Near the beginning of the century Dr. Symonds Baker built 
a one-story house at the Bend. It is mentioned in 1805. Here 
he had an apothecary's shop. The house was afterward enlarged 
and became Durham's principal hotel, kept by Jonathan C. 
Merrill, Joshua Miller, Samuel Miller, John Miller and Abner 
.Merrill in succession. 

The old tavern is shown in the accompanying cut, with the 
long-unused band-stand in front, around which lingers the shade 
of Joseph Tyler. The house on the opposite corner was 'built as 
a store by Winslow Hayward in the early part of the century. 
By enlargement it became a dwelling-house and has been suc- 
cessively occupied by Job Sylvester, Daniel Holland, Lora Har- 
mon, Dr. Wm. L. Harmon, Mr. Mason. J. Cushing Merrill, 
Simon W. Miller, James H. Eveleth and Wm. E. Greely. 

Much has been jocosely said by the political speakers about 
the Durham ship-yards. They do not know, perhaps, that in 
1823 Joshua Miller and sons built a fishing schooner on lot 97 
and hauled it to Maquoit Bay, Brunswick, where it was launched. 
Theophilus Thomas was the skipper. History does not mention 
any other ship-yard in Durham, though it once supplied a great 
quantity of ship-timber. 

'Dr. John Ricker was born in Buckfield. 17 Feb. 1787. He graduated 
at the Medical School in Brunswick in 1822 and practiced medicine in 
Durham many years. His intentions of marriage with Charlotte Hay- 
ward of Fairfax were recorded in Durham 18 Aug. 1816. He moved to 
Orono. Died at Waterviile 25 Jan. 1867. 



88 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

VIII. 

MILITARY RECORD 

The beginning of the struggle for American independence 
found Royalsborough with only a few scattered families. There 
was, however, a quick response to the patriotic call and one at 
least joined Col. Phinney's Regiment that marched in 1775 to the 
relief of Boston. Besides others who enlisted for shorter terms 
of service, a petition shows that seventeen men from Royals- 
borough had enlisted, 111 1778, for three years in the Continental 
army, and this, too, when there were but forty-six men in town 
capable of bearing arms. Many Revolutionary soldiers from 
other towns settled in Durham after the War. 

The first town action was Sept. 15, 1777 when^Josiah Dunn. 
Benjamin Vining, Ebenezer Roberts and Charles Hill, Esq.. were 
chosen a Committee of Correspondence, Inspection and Safety, 
and also to " purchase some corn for to supply the women whose 
husbands are gon in the army." This reveals something of the 
privations and sacrifices endured. The following petition shows 
still more clearly what our ancestors paid for Independence. 

At a town meeting held 12 Jan. 1778 the following action was 
taken : 

"Voted to send a pertision to the General Court to see 
whither they will take of the Tax laid on us by Brunswick for 
the two years last past 1776 and 1777. 

Voted fifteen pounds Lawful money to git our pertision writ 
and to carry it and Present it to the Court. 

\ oted Sir. Benjamin Vining to git Said Pertision and Carry 
it to Court, likewise Voted to defray all additional Cost of Said 
Pertision." 

The Petition was as follows : — 

State Massachusetts Bay. 

To the honorable the Council and hon'l. house of 
Representatives in General Court assembled. 

The petition of the Inhabitants of a new plantation or settle- 



MILITARY RECORD 89 

merit called Royalsbourg, in the County of Cumberland humbly 
showeth : — 

That the inhabitants of Brunswick did in the year 1776 assess 
the polls of the inhabitants of said Royalsbourg towards the 
public tax laid on said Brunswick that year and have required 
the inhabitants of said Royalsbourg to give a list of their polls 
and estates in order to assess them towards said Brunswick's part 
of the tax for the year 1777. which the said Inhabitants of 
Brunswick suppose they have a right to do by virtue of the tax 
acts of those years respectively. 

Your petitioners beg leave to represent to your honors that 
bv far the greater part of the families in said Royalsbourg (not 
being now more than 49 in all) have been settled no more than 
four or five vears, that they entered on wild uncultivated lands, 
had a wilderness to subdue and buildings to erect for shelter with 
great difficulty labour & expense and are yet struggling for life, 
that an early frost the last year 1777 in a great measure cut off 
their indian Corn Crops so that not half enough was raised there 
for the necessary use & support of the Inhabitants, that they have 
nothing else to dispose of nor any business or trade by which 
to procure a supply of so necessary and at present dear as well as 
scarce an article, much less to obtain money to pay in taxes — that 
they have but 46 men on the training band list, of whom seven- 
teen are enlisted for three years in the continental army — many 
of whom have left families whom they must supply agreeable to 
a late Resolve of the General Court, which is. in the present 
scarcitv & dearness of provisions, a heavy burden upon them, 
notwithstanding the provision made in said Resolve for their 
reimbursement of that expense. 

That their being taxed in Brunswick towards their proportion 
of the public tax (and which is no more than their proportion if 
Rovalsbourg was not in being) is a benefit and relief to Bruns- 
wick only, and is not of the'least advantage to the State, and 
there appears to vour petitioners no good reason why they should 
help Brunswick pay its public tax rather than any other town in 
the State. 

Wherof vour petitioners humbly pray your honors to take the 
premises into vour wise and merciful consideration, and order 
that the Collector of Brunswick for the year 1776 be directed not 
to demand of anv of the Inhabitants of said Royalsbourg the 
poll tax laid on them bv said Brunswick that year, But that the 
same be remitted them and that the same Brunswick should not 
assess them for the year 1777 or in case they have done it or 
mav do it before vour honors pass upon this Petition that such 
assessment mav be vacated & the sums assessed remitted to them 
—or that vour honors would otherwise relieve your Petitioners 



90 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

in such a way & manner as your Honors shall seem meet & your 
Petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray &c. 

Charles Gerrish Jona Armstrong 

Charles Hill hue Gatchell 

Judah Chandler John Gatchell 

Ebenezer Robards Robert Gatchell 

William Gerrish John blethen 

Israel Bagley John Cushing 

David dyer Samuel Smith 

Charles Gerrish Robinson Crockett 

Nathl Garish Ezekiel Jones 

Micah dyer Yinsen Robats 

John Parker Benja Sawyer 

Benjamin Yining Moses Mariner 

Elias davis Josiah Day 

Samuel Ray Stephen Wesson 

Samuel York Joshua Strout 

The above petition was read in the House 2 Feb. 1778, and 
referred to a Committee. The House, 12 Feb. 1778, resolved to 
abate the above taxes of Royalsborough, which was consented 
to by the Council. 

The greater part of the signers of the above petition were old 
men. Two at least had been in the army, and several others had 
sons there. 

The Committees of Correspondence, Inspection and Safety 
were, in 1778, O. Israel Bagley, Charles Hill and William 
Gerrish ; in 1779, O. Israel Bagley, Jonathan Armstrong and 
Joshua Strout; in 1780, Joshua Strout, Nathaniel Gerrish and 
John Getchell ; in 1781, O. Israel Bagley, Ebenezer Newell and 
John Getchell; in 1782, O. Israel Bagley, Josiah Day and Lieut. 
Newell. 

July 29, 1778, Voted " that this town shall pay those men that 
provide clothing for the soldiers who are gon in Continental 
army what Cost they are to if the Court will not pay for them." 
An entry in Bagley's account book seems to have a connection 
with this. He says in Feb. 1779. " Received of John Lues, 
Esq, 212 Dolars for the Clothen sent the soldars." 

Nov. 8, 1779 the town voted to "pay eich Solger that went 
to Pernopscot 1 Seventy five pounds." 

Nov. 30, 1780, Voted to " provide the Beef the Cort have sent 
for." 

'This refers to the Bagaduce expedition to the Penobscot. 



MILITARY RECORD 9 1 

Jan. 1 6, 1 78 1. Voted to " give the two men that Shall goe in 
the Continental army 20 dollars bounty and 10 dollars wages a 
month." 

March 20, 1780. Voted "not to get the Beef the State sent 
for." 

Sept. 12, 1781. Voted "not to Rase the too men the Cort 
have sent for," and "not to get the Beef the Cort have sent 
for." This action was caused by the feeling that they had raised 
all the men and money they could, but nevertheless they supplied 
the men and money, as a later petition shows. The war cost 
Royalsborough in taxes ten thousand nine hundred and ninety- 
six pounds, eleven shillings and seven pence. 

Jan. 29, 1782. Voted to pay Nathan Lewis bounty and that 
"he return himself to the Superintendent at Boston upon the 
risk of the town." Voted to "return Samuel Wage for this town 
Provided they Don't get Nother man." Voted that "O. Israel 
Bagley Shall goe to Amesbury to Stand trial with them for 
Samuel Wage" (Wagg). 

The petition for incorporation, given in the preceding 
chapter, shows plainly the privations and burdens endured during 
the time of the Revolutionary War. Clothing was scanty and 
food was coarse and insufficient. It is an oft repeated tradition, 
that when any one was fortunate enough to shoot a deer or any 
wild game, a horn was blown to call the neighbors to share it. 

Who were the men of Royalsborough that bore arms in the 
war for Independence ? The following list, probably incomplete, 
has been drawn from the Mass. archives, pension rolls, and 
publications of Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution. 
CHARLES GERRISH. who had been Captain of Militia from 
before 1758, 1 appears as 1st Major of the 2d Mass. Regt. Cumb. 
Co., 7 Feb. 1776, Col Jonathan Mitchell commanding. Before 
that date the Town Records call him Captain ; afterward, always 
Major. 

NATHANIEL GERRISH was private in Capt. John 
Worthley's Co., Col. Edmund Phinney's 31st Regt. of Foot. He 
enlisted 3 May 1775 and served eight months near Boston. 

"20 Oct. 1789 Lt John Stackpole of Biddeford, aged 81, deposed that 
in 1758 he "went a soldiering up Saco River with Capt. Charles Gernsh." 
— Records in the Registry of Deeds at Alfred, Me. 



92 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

GEORGE GERRISH served three years in Capt. Blaisdell's 
Co. Col. Wigglesworth's Regt. 

JAMES GERRISH enlisted for three years in the same Co. 
as his brother George and died in the service. 

EBENEZER NEWELL was first Lieut, in Capl. Samuel 
Dunn's Co. Col. Phinney's Regt. in 1775. 

INCREASE BLETHEN was in Capt. Stephen Hart's Co. 
Col. Jonathan Mitchell's Regt. He enlisted at Boston for town 
of Royalshorough 6 Dec. 1777, for three years. Was promoted 
Corporal in Capt. Smart's Co., Col. Calvin Smith's Regt. Was 
at Yalk'\ Forge 5 Feb. 1778. He had previously enlisted 29 
Aug. 1776. He died in Phillips, Me. 

JOHN CHANDLER enlisted 8 June 1777 for three years. 
Was in Capt. Hill's Co. Gen. Peterson's Regt. He also appears 
in Capt. John Read's Co. Col. Ichabod Allen's Regt. Reported 
as having died in May, 1778. He was son of Judah Chandler. 

NATHAN LEWIS is repeatedly mentioned on the Town 
Records as a soldier from Royalsborough. He is last named in 
1787. Flis widow Sarah was supported by the town for some 
years and died in 1801. Her daughter Sarah was also cared for 
by the town. The latter died in 1806 and the town voted to give 
her small property to her sisters. Barnabas Strout was allowed 
$1 for digging her grave. 

JOHN DAIX (spelled also Dane and Dean) was private in 
Capt. James Patch's Co. which marched on the alarm of April 
19, 1775. from Ipswich to Mystic. Length of service 4 days. He 
also appears as private in Capt. James Mallor's Co., Lieut. Col. 
Putnam's Regt. enlisting 18 Aug. 1781 and discharged 4 Dec. 
1 78 1. Time of service 3 mos. 28 days. 

JOSHUA JONES enlisted in 1778 for three years in Capt. 
Hill's Co < ol Vose's Regt. 

JOHN VTNING marched to Roxbury from Weymouth April 
1 9' l 775- He is said to have served throughout the war. 

PELATIAH WARREN was private in Capt. John Lane's 
Co. Enlisted from No. Yarmouth 29 July 1775; discharged 1 
Nov. 1775. In list of pensioners he is accredited to Royals- 
borough, which implies a subsequent re-enlistment. 

BARTH( )L( >MEW REED of " Royalstown " was in Capt. 



MILITARY RECORD 93 

Richard Mayhem's Co., Col. Francis' Regt. in 1775. Served at 
Dorchester. He was in Capt. Nathan Watkins' Co. ; Col. 
Phinney's 18th Regt. from Dec. 1, 1775 to Sept. 20. 1776. 

EBENEZER DEAX of Royalsborough, 6 Dec. 1777, joined 
Capt. Lane's Co., Col Alden's Regt. for three years. Reported 
deceased. 

CARL McMANNERS enlisted from Royalsborough May 
14, 1775 in Capt. John Worthley's Co., Col. Phinney's 31st Regt. 

LEMUEL WELSH enlisted 1 Dec. 1775 in Capt. Nathan 
Watkins' Co., Col. Phinney's 18th Continental Regt. Re- 
enlisted 20 Nov. 1776. Was at Ticonderoga. 

GEORGE GOODWIN was a Revolutionary pensioner 
accredited to Royalsborough. " The last two years of the war 
he was waiter to some General." The Mass. Archives mention a 
George Goodwin who enlisted for three years for town of Brad- 
ford. He was in the 6th Regt. from 1 Jan. 1778 to 31 Dec. 1782. 
His receipt for bounty was dated 14 June 1782. He rec'd 
clothing 3 Feb. 1784. 

JOSHUA STROUT enlisted 9 July 1776 in Samuel Knight's 
Co. of Falmouth and was stationed on the sea-coast for defense 
of that town. 

Other soldiers accredited to Royalsborough in list of 
pensioners are DANIEL GREEN, afterwards of Readfield, and 
fJOSHUA DUNN, afterwards of Phillips. 

A goodly number of Revolutionary soldiers from other towns 
settled in Royalsborough soon after the war. Among them were. 

JACOB SAWYER, enlisted from Cape Elizabeth and served 
six months in Capt. Daniel Strout's Co. in 1775 and nine months 
in Capt. William Crockett's Co. in 1776, and again in Capt. 
Joshua Jordan's Co. Col. Jonathan Mitchell's Regt. in the 
Penobscot Expedition from July 7, to Sept. 25, 1779- 

ISAAC TURNER enlisted for three years from No. 
Yarmouth in Capt. Hill's Co. ; Col. Vose's Regt. Was a 
pensioner. 

CHRISTOPHER TRACY was private in Capt. Henry 
Dyer's Co. Col. Foster's Regt. Served at Machias from Aug. to 
Oct. 1777. Also private in Capt. Reuben Dyer's Co. on 
Expedition against St. John from Oct. to Dec. 1777. 



94 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

DANIEL HARMON was corporal in Capt. Samuel Whitte- 
more's Co., Col. Reuben Fogg's Regt. of Mass. Bay Militia and 
served at Peekskill. N. Y. 

EBENEZER WOODBURY was in Capt. Richard Davis' 
Co., Col. Joshua Wingate's Regt. stationed at Piscataqua Harbor 
four months in 1775. Again he was in Capt. Jesse Page's Co., 
Col. Drake's Regt.. enlisting 9 Sept. 1777, discharged 15 Dec. 
1777. Took part in battle of Saratoga. The American forces 
were drawn up in parallel lines facing inward, and Gens. Gates 
and Burgoyne passed between arm in arm. It took over two 
hours for the captured army to pass through, during which time 
Woodbury gave his gun to a comrade and lay down and slept. 
He was also private in Capt. Jacob Webster's Co. mustered at 
Portsmouth, N. H., 23 Nov. 1775, a company of minute men 
who served twenty-three days. 

J< )HN DOW enlisted from Gilmanton, N. H.. at the age of 
sixteen in Capt. Worthern's Co., Col. Mooney's Regt. Served 
5 mos. 27 days in R. I. 

ISAAC DAMS appears in a descriptive list of the men 
enlisted from Cumberland Co. for the term of nine months from 
the time of their arrival at Fishkill. Age 20 yrs, stature 5 ft. 10 
in. Complexion light. Residence, Scarborough. Belonging 
to Capt. Larrabee's Co. Col. Fogg's Regt. Arrived at Fishkill 
June 17, 1778. Mustered May 26 1778, of Gen. Thompson's 
Brigade. Discharged March 17, 1779. 

JAMES WAGG of Danville is given because the ancestor of 
many who lived in Durham. He enlisted I Jan. 1776 in Capt. 
Hart Williams' Co. Edmund Phinney's Regt. from Falmouth. 
He served over four years in several re-enlistments. Was at 
Valley Forge in 1778. During that year was in Capt. Sewall's 
Co. Col. Sprout's Regt. 

MARTIN ROURK was in a Picket Guard as early as May 
23, 1775, having enlisted April 2~, 1775. His first term of service 
was 3 mos. 12 dys. Residence, Sudbury. He re-enlisted several 
times, serving throughout the war. Was at Ticonderoga in 
1776. Was Sergeant after 1777. Stature 5 ft. 4 in. 
Complexion light. Eyes, gray. Is said to have acted as clerk. 

JOEL RICHARDSON, born in Townsend, Mass. 22 Jan. 
1758; enlisted from Topsham. Married 9 Dec. 1786 Lydia Babb. 



MILITARY RECORD 95 

Lived in Litchfield, and Durham, on lot 92, where he died and 
was buried 20 Feb. 1827. Also his son Joel, b. 13 Aug. 1787, 
died here in March 1838. He had seven other children. (See 
Hist, of Litchfield.) Widow afterward lived in Guilford. 

ELISHA STETSON was at Point Shirley, 13 June 1776, as 
private in Capt. Nathaniel Winslow's Co., Col. Whitney's Regt. 
Enlisted 1 May 1776. Service 7 raos. Again in Capt. Hay ward 
Pierce's Co., Col. Jeremiah Hall's Regt. Enlisted 2 Jan. 1777. 
Service 2 mos. 10 days. Again in Capt. Pierce's Co., Col. 
Theophilus Cotton's Regt. Enlisted 25 Sept. 1777. Service 10 
mos. 6 days. Again. Corporal in Capt. Win. Barker's Co., Col. 
Cotton's Regt. Enlisted 6 Mch. 1781. Service 28 days. 
Served principally in Rhode Island. 

JOHN SCOTT was private in Capt. David Bradish's Co., 
Col. Phinney's Regt., enlisting 23 May 1775. Was also matross 
in Capt. Abram Lowell's Co. at Falmouth Sept. 1 to Dec. 31, 
1776. 

ROBERT PLUMMER appears on a certificate dated 9 Oct. 
1778 as mustered into Lt. Ethan Moore's Co. for three years. 
He was matross in Capt. Joseph McLellan's Co. Service from 
Nov. 1, 1780 to May 1, 1781, in the Artillery Corps at Falmouth. 

WILLIAM TRUE was first Sergeant of Capt. Morrill's Co. 
Col. Caleb Cushing's Regt. of Mass. Militia in 1775, and Lieut, 
in Capt. Benj. Evans' Co. in 1776. 

ROGER MERRILL was private in Capt. John Pearson's 
Co., Lt. Col. Putnam's Regt. from Sept. 2 to Dec. 8, 1781. 

JOHN STACKPOLE enlisted 23 Sept. 1779 in Capt. George 
Rogers' Co., Col. Nathaniel Jordan's Regt. Discharged 23 Oct. 
1779- Service at Falmouth. 

JOHN LINCOLN was private, from Scituate, Mass., in 
Capt. Nathaniel Winslow's Co., Col. John Thomas' Regt. 
Enlisted May 3, 1775. Served 3 mos. 6 days. 

ABRAHAM JORDAN of Cape Elizabeth was in Capt. 
Joseph McLellan's Co. Artillery Corps, at Falmouth, Nov. 11, 
1780 to May 1, 1781. He died in Durham 18 April, 1835. 

JOHN LINCOLN was private, from Scituate, Mass. in Capt. 
Ebenezer Cook's Co. Enlisted May 3, 1775. Service 3 mos. 6 
• days. Re-enlisted several times for short terms of service. 



96 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

JOSEPH WEEMAN enlisted from Cape Elizabeth in 1776. 

VINCENT FICKETT was in Col. Phinney's t8th Regt. 
Dec. 12, 1775 — Nov. 8, 1776. 

JOHN SKINNER was in Capt. Samuel Dunn's Co., Col. 
Phinney's 31st Regt., enlisting 24 April 1775. 

SAMUEL PROCTOR enlisted from Falmouth. The 
Pension Rolls say he died at Durham 12 March (29 Nov.) 
1795. His widow, Joanna, married Mr. Thompson of Wayne. 

JOHN McINTOSH appears in Capt. David Bradish's Co., 
Col. Phinney's 31st Regt., enlisting May 12, 1775 from Falmouth. 

ELIJAH LITTLEFIELD was, in 1780, in Gen. Peleg 
Wadsworth's command, as a deposition shows. 

JOHN CUSHING. See Biog. Sketch. 

REV. JACOB HERRICK. See Biog. Sketch. 

( Ither Revolutionary soldiers who settled in Durham were 
Joshua Snow, .Matthew Duran, Jonathan Larrabee, Jonathan 
Currier, Robert Getchell, Nathaniel Osgood, and Amos Knight. 

ANCIENT MILITIA. 

There was a Training Band in Royalsborough as early as 
1778. Who the officers were can not be told. From the roster in 
the Adjt.-General's ( Iffice in Boston it is learned that July 1, 1781, 
O. Israel Bagley was commissioned Captain, Ebenezer Newell 
ist Lieut., and Nathaniel Gerrish 2d Lieut. These held office 
till 1797. In his Account Book already mentioned Bagley gives 
the names of the men who formed his military company, 
specifying who had a musket, bayonet, etc. They were evidently 
very poorly equipped. The date of Bagley 's Muster Roll is 
March 23, 1787. The following are the names enrolled. "The 
soldiers under command of Capt. Bagley" were voted $10 per 
month if called into service, Aug. 28, 1794. 

In 1826 William Newell Jr., organized a company of light 
infantry called the Cumberland Guards, whose uniform was a 
red coat and white pants. This organization continued about a 
dozen years under several Captains. About the same time 
Durham had a company of Cavalry commanded first by Paul 
Douglass and later by Abel Tracy. 



MILITARY RECORD 



97 



MILITIA OF ROYALSBOROUGH. 

Captain, O. Israel Bagley. 
ist Lieut., Ebenezer Newell. 
2nd Lieut., Nathaniel Gerrish. 
Sergeant, George Gerrish. 
Sergeant, John Randall. 
Sergeant, Joshua Snow. 
Sergeant, John Vining. 
Corporal, Isaac Davis. 
Corporal, Jacob Sawyer. 
Corporal, Joseph York. 
Corporal, Benjamin Vining. 



Privates. 



Enoch Bagley 
William Blake, 
Jonathan Currier, 
John Cushing, 
John Cushing, 3d, 
Josiah Day, 
Joseph Davis, 
Joseph Dean 
Matthew Duran, 
David Dyer, 
Micah Dyer 
Henry Farr, Jr. 
John Farrar, 
Hugh Getchell 
Joseph Getchell 
Nathaniel Getchell 
Robert Getchell, 
Robert Plummer 
Stephen Randall 
Benjamin Roberts 
Vincent Roberts 
William Roberts 
Samuel Tracy, 
Christopher Tracy, 
Solomon Tracy, 



George Goodwin, 
Sam'l Goodwin, Jr. 
James Hibbard, 
William Hoyt, 
Elijah Jones, 
Joshua Jones, 
Nathan Lewis, 
Lemuel McGray, 
John Mcintosh, 
Roger Merrill 
Jeremiah Mitchell 
John Mitchell. 
John Monroe, 
Aaron Osgood 
Nathan [iel] Osgood. 
James Parker 
John Parker 
Joseph Parker, 
Pelatiah Warren 
John Wagg, 
Nathaniel Ware 
Joseph Weeman 
Samuel Wells, 
Edward Welsh, 
Edmund W'eston, 



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HISTORY OF DURHAM 



Abel True, 
Jonathan True, 
Bela Yining, 
Samuel York. 



John Gushing, Esq., 
Henry Farr, 
Charles Gerrish, Esq., 
William Gerrish, 
Samuel Goodwin, 
John Hoyt, 
Ezekiel Jones, 
James Mars, 



Stephen Weston, 
John Winslow, 
Ebenezer Woodbury, 

Alarm List. 

William McGray, 
John Parker, 
Samuel Ray, 
Ebenezer Roberts, 
Charles Stetson, 
Joshua Strout, 
William True, 
Benjamin Vining. 



OFFICERS OF MILITIA WITH DATES OF 
COMMISSION. ■ 

Captains. 
Nearly all of these served as Ensigns and Lieutenants before 
being promoted to the captaincy, and so their names are not 
repeated in the lists to follow. 



1781. O. Israel Bagley, 1829. 

1797. Nathaniel Gerrish, 1830. 

1701. Abel Stoddard, 1834. 

1806. Joshua Snow, 1835. 

1809-15. William Webster, 1836. 

1810-15. Ebenezer Warren, 1836. 

1815-20. William Newell, 1837. 

[815-18. Luther Plummer, 1839. 

1818. Nathaniel Bragdon, 1839. 

1820. Joseph H. Hoyt, 1839. 

1823. William Roak, 1840. 

1824. Jonathan C. Merrill, 1840. 

1825. John Nason, 1841. 

1827. William Miller, 1842. 

1828. '38, and '56. Wm. 1842. 
Newell, Jr., 

1828. Job P. Sylvester. 



Jacob Strout, 
John D. Spaulding, 
Joseph Warren, 
Paul Douglass, 
John Plummer, 
Sam'l Newell, 
Benj. P. Roberts, 
Abel Tracy, 
Merrill W. Strout, 
David B. Strout, 
David R. Bowie, 
James M. Brickett, 
Benj. G. Hoyt, 
Wm. H. Parker, 
Washington Parker, 
Gardner Larrabee. 



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99 



Lieutenants. 

Ebenezer Newell, 1838 Sidney Skelton, 

1839 
1839 

1839 



1781 

1806-12 Abel True, 

1806 Elijah Macomber, 

1809-19 Elias Staten, 

1815 John Gerrish, 1841 

1812-15 Francis Harmon, 1842 

1819 Apollos Jordan, 1856 

182S Joseph Davis, 1856 

1829 Hanson Wilbur, 1856 

1837 Horace Wright, 1856 



Moses Atkinson, 
David Johnson, 
Chas. S. Parker, cornet, 
Secomb Jordan, 
Alexander Bowie, 
Israel T. Warren, 
2nd. Lt. James Strout Jr. 
3d. Lt. Emery S. Warren 
4th. Lt. Newell Strout, 



The following are called Lieutenant in Town Records, though 
the dates of their commission have not been found : William 
Gerrish, 1789, and John Hoyt, 1789. 



1797. 



1815. 
1808. 
1808. 
1816. 
i8 3 5- 
1837. 
1843. 
1842. 

1843- 
1844. 



Ensigns. 
1830. 



Isaac Gerrish, 

Samuel Roberts, 1841. 

Ebenezer Newell, 1842. 

Joshua Gerrish, 1842. 

Jacob Herrick, Chaplain. 

John Converse, Surgeon's Mate. 

John Richer, Surgeon's Mate. 

Joseph Merrill, Surgeon. 

Sam'l Newell, Lt. Col. 

Emery S. Warren, Quarter Master 

Wm. Newell, Lt. Col. 

Wm. Newell, Col. 

Wm. Newell, Brig.-Gen. 



John Cushing, Jr.. 
Benj. F. Nason, 
Sewall Pollister, 
Cyrus Owen, 



DURHAM MILITIA IN THE WAR OF 1812. 
There seems to have been no use other than ornamental for 
the Durham militia until 18 14, when there was an alarm at Bath 
to the effect that the British were to land an expedition there. 
Durham sent two companies to the rescue. They gathered at 
the North Meeting House Sunday morning, where Rev. Jacob 
Herrick, chaplain of the Regt., offered a fervent prayer before 
their departure. The pay roll of one company is in the posses- 
sion of E. H. Gerrish of Lewiston. It is of great interest as 



HISTORY OF DURHAM 



bearing the autograph signatures of the members of the company. 
This pay-roll shows that the Lieut, was paid $30 per month ; the 
Ensign $20; Sergeants $11 ; Corporals $10; fifer and drummer 
$9 ; and privates $8. The total cost of this company for a 
campaign of twenty days was $478.50. Even miniature warfare 
is an expensive business. No enemy appeared, though many of 
the militiamen were frightened by false alarms. The following 
names appear on the "Muster- Roll of Capt. Ebenezer Warren's 
Company of Infantry of the 2nd. Regt. 1st. Brigade, nth 
Division in the service of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 
under command of Lt.-Col. Charles Thomas, from the 10th of 
Sept. to the 29th of Sept. 1814, — called into actual service under 
Regt.'s orders of Sept. 10th, 1814, and stationed and discharged 
at Bath." 



Ebenezer Warren, Capt. 

(Lame at home) 
Francis Harmon, Lieut. 
William Newell, Ensign, 
Zebulon York, Sergt. 
Ebenezer Roberts, Sergt. 
Henry Warren, Sergt. 



Joshua Gerrish, Corp. 
John Fifield, Corp. 
Lemuel Nichols, Corp. 
Ivory Warren, Corp. 
Israel Newell, Fifer, 
James Woodbury, Drum. 
William Gerrish, Sergt. 



Privates. 



Jr., 



Andrew Adams 
James Booker, 
John Blethen, 
Joseph Beal, 
Francis Bennet, 
Andrew Blethen, 
James Cushing, 
William Davis, 
Nathaniel Duran, 
James Dyer, 
Richard Dyer, (Sick on 
furlough, Sept. 22.) 
John Farr, 
O. Israel Fifield, 
Samuel Goodwin, 
Charles Gerrish, 
Benjamin Gerrish, Certificate, 



Reuben Higgins, 

John Hoyt, Jr., Certificate, 

Joseph Hoyt, 

Timothy M. Hibbard, 

William Harrington, 

William Johnson, Certificate, 

Francis Knight, 

George Littlefield, 

Joseph Malcom, 

James Maxwell, 

Jabez Merrill. (Notified t 

appear, Sept. 10.) 
Peter Mitchell. (Absent o 

furlough, Sept. 22.) 
Benjamin M. Moses, 
John Newell. (Servant t 

Ensign Newell.) 



MILITARY RECORD 



John Gerrish, 

James Gerrish, Certificate, 

Moses Gerrish, 

Daniel Harmon, 

O. Israel Harmon, 

(Servant to Lieut. Harmon) 
Robert Harmon, at Portland 
Nathaniel Osgood, Jr., 
Samuel G. Osgood, 
Seth Pierce, 
Wm. Porterfield, 
John Rourk, 
William Roak, 
Thomas Runnels, 
Andrew Scott, 
(Substitute Rowland Hill.) 
Ebenezer Snow, 
Isaac Stetson, 
Charles Stetson, 
Ebenezer Strout, 
(Notified to appear, Sept. 10.) 
Theophilus Thomas, 

Total, 82. 



James Nichols, 

Clement Orr, 

Aaron Osgood, Jr. Discharged 

Sept. 16. 
David Osgood, Jr., 
Moses Osgood, 
Jacob Herrick, Jr. (Notified to 

appear Sept. 10.) 
Benjamin True, 
Benjamin Vining, 
William Vining, 
Stephen Wesson, 
Rufus Warren, (On furlough 

Sept. 22.) 
Samuel Wagg, 

(Notified to appear Sept. 10.) 
Henry Wormell, 
Simeon Snow, 
Moses Snow, 
Job Sylvester, 3rd., 
Joseph Sylvester, 
Samuel Tracy, Certificate, 



The following Roll was prepared by Z. K. Harmon and placed 
in the Adjutant General's Office at Augusta. 

Roll of Capt. William Webster's Co. of Militia in Lieut.-Col. 
Charles Thomas' Regt., raised in Durham and in service at Bath 
13th to 27th Sept. 1814. 



William Webster, Capt. 
Ehas Staten, Lieut. 
Samuel Roberts, Ensign, 
Jeremiah Dingley, Sergt. 



John Stackpole, Jr., Sergt. 
Nathaniel Bragdon, Corp. 
Edmond Dow, Corp. 
John Mitchell, Corp. 



Thomas Waterhouse, Sergt. Joshua Robinson, Fifer. 
Luther Plummer, Sergt. 



Thomas Austin, 
David Bowie, 
George Bowie, 
Simeon Blethen, 



Privates. 

Andrew Hunnewell, 
Benjamin Hunnewell, 
John Hunnewell, 
Moses Hunnewell, 



HISTORY OF DURHAM 



John Bragdon, Jr., 
Ephraim Bragdon, 
John Dingley, 
John Ellis, 
Thomas Fab van, 
Joshua Fickett, 
Rishworth Fickett. 
Reuben Gross, 
Andrew Harriden, 
Dennis Libby, 
Moses Libby, 
William Libby, Jr., 
Orlando Merrill, 
Isaac Martin, 
Charles McKermy, 
Jedidiah McKenny, 
William McKenny, 
David Miller, Jr., 
Samuel Nichols, Jr., 
Amos Parker, 
Nathaniel Parker, 
Elijah Proctor, 
George Proctor, 
Samuel Putney, 
George Rice, 



Robert Hunnewell, 
Joshua Jones, Jr., 
Isaac Lambert, 
John Larrabee, 
Jonathan Larrabee, 
Joseph Larrabee, 
Nathaniel Larrabee, 
William Larrabee, 
William Larrabee, Jr., 
Reuben Roberts, 
Samuel Roberts, Jr., 
Samuel Sawyer, 
Samuel Skinner, 
Samuel Stackpole, 
Jeremiah Stoddard, 
James Strout, 
Jonathan Strout, 
Ammi Vining, 
Samuel Ward, 
William Webster, Jr., 
Nathaniel Wilbur, 
Thomas Roberts, 3rd., 
Samuel Turner, 
Daniel Rice, 
Total, 68. 



Durham is said to have furnished the following volunteers in 
the War of 1812. I am unable to give authority for the state- 
ment. 

Nathaniel Bragdon, Ezekiel Mcintosh, 

Jarvis Beal, John Nason, 

Theophilus Knight, William Roak, 

Asa Lambert, William Weeks, 

Simeon Sanborn, Samuel Goodwin, 

Barstow Newell. 

SOLDIERS IN THE REBELLION. 

The Rebellion had some sympathizers in Durham, but they 

were few and are now well forgotten. The town was for the 

Union and for the abolition of slavery. The first adherents of 

the Republican party had been reproached for voting a "nigger 



MILITARY RECORD 



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ticket," but when the strife of arms came all except an inglorious 
few wanted freedom for all. The town voted bounties for volun- 
teers and also for the drafted, ranging from $100 to $300. The 
total amount paid in bounties was $27,673. Durham is 
accredited with one hundred and sixty-one soldiers. Some of 
these were men obtained to fill the quota, and as substitutes, from 
other towns. The following ninety-nine names, gathered from 
the Adjutant General's Reports, are the men of Durham who 
served in the Rebellion, though other natives of the town enlisted 
from and were accredited to other places. Twenty-one of these 
sacrificed their lives for their country, of whom eight fell in 
battle. None was worthier than Samuel Newell who after having 
served in the militia in all offices up to Lieut. -Col., after having 
resigned the last office in order to enlist as a private, in 1839, 
in the threatened Madawaska campaign, dyed his hair and at the 
age of fifty-six passed for forty-five, enlisting as a private 
musician. He died in the Marine Hospital at New Orleans. 







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Blaney C. Allen. 
John R. Anderson. 
Wm. W. Bailey. 

Henry Beal. 
James P. Beal. 
Thomas R. Beals. 

Isaac M. Bishop. 
Isaac A. lilethen. 
Willard A. Bowie. 
Wm. D. Brewster. 
. Silas Campbell. 
Samuel Cary. 
Nathaniel D. Chase. 



Arthur L. Coombs. 
James E. Covel. 
Albert Crockett. 
Sylvester Gushing. 
John H. Davis. 
William Davis. 
Francis Day. 
Joseph T. Denuison. 
Charles Doughty. 
George Duran. 
Benj. F. Estes. 
Jeremiah Estes. 
Julius E. Eveletn. 
Andrew G. Fitz. 
Henry E. Fitz. 
B. Franklin Frost. 
Almon J. Gardiner. 
Chas. C. Gatchell. 
Joseph P. Gatchell. 
Nelson Gatchell. 
James Gatchell. 
Eben Gould. 



loth Me. 
1st Me. 
10th Me. 
•25th Me. 
5th Me. 

25th Me. 

13 Mass. 
25th Me. 
30th Me. 

25th Me. 
10th Me. 
30th Me. 
111. Vols. 
25th Me. 
16th Me. 
5th Me. 

7th Me. 
1st Art. 
9th Me. 
16th Me. 
25th Me. 
10th Me. 

11 r.s.i. 

5th Me. 
1st Me. 
16th Me. 
7th Me. 
25th Me. 
5th Me. 
1st Art. 



Nov. 16, '61 
Nov. 16, '61 
May 3, '61 
Sept.29,'62 
Sept. 29,'62 
Aug. 14, '62 
May 3, '61 
Oct. 4, '61 
Sept.29,'62 
June 24, '61 
Apr. 14, '65 
Sept.29,'62 
Sept. 29,'62 

Sept. 29, '62 
Dec. 12, '63 
Jan. 19, '65 
Sept. 29,'62 
Oct. 4, '61 
Dec. 12, '63 

Oct. 4, '62 

Aug. 14, '62 

June 24, '61 
June24,'61, 
Aug.22,'61 
Jan. 2, '64 
Sept. 22,'61 
Aug. 14, '62 
Sept.29,'62 
Oct. — '61. 

June24,'61 

Mav 3, '61 
Sept. 23.'64 
Aug. 21, '61 
Sept.29,'62 

Dec. 18, '61 



Aug. 5, '61 
July 10, '63 
July 1(1, '63 

Aug. 5, '61 
May 7, '63 
July 10, '63 

May 19, '65 

July 10, '63 
July 10, '63 



Sept. 5, '65 
July 10, '63 



Julv 10. '63 
Sept., '62. 



[Aug.28,'62. 
Discharged for disability, 
Died at Fortress Monroe 

[Feb. 8, 1862. 
Promoted Sergeant. 

Sick ; discharged Feb. 4, '63. 



Promoted corporal. Killed 
[Nov. 27, 1S63. 



Disch. disability, May 20, 



Killed, Antietam, Sep.17,'6 
Sick; disch. July 31, 1865. 



Wound. Gettysburg, July 1, '63. 
Pr.corp.; taken pris. Aug.19,'64. 
Promoted corp. aud sergt. 
Discharged Oct. 3, lxil. 
Discharged for disability. 
Died of wounds, Apr. 10,'64. 
Promoted corporal. " i 

D. Annapolis, Md. Oct. 5,'63. 



Discharged, May S, 1862, 



Pr. corp. D. Jan. 24, 1862. 
D. in hospital, Dec. 15, 1862. 
Enlisted from Biddeford. 



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HISTORY OF DURHAM 



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Amaziah Grant. 


45 


Privt. 


F 


10th Me. 


Oct. 4, '61 


May 7, '63 




Samuel R. Grant. 


20 




F 




Oct. 4, "61 




Disch. for disability, Oct. 4, 


ii,ni\ Hackett. 


44 


•< 


I 


10th Me. 


Aug. 14, '62 




Disch. June 2, 1S65. [1862. 


Edwin ». Hall. 


•in 




A 


1st Cav. 


Feb. 19, '64 




Discharged .Il 5, 1865. 


Daniel Harvey. 


18 


Corp. 


E 


5th Me. 


June24,'61 




Killed at Gaines's Mill. 


Charles Haskell. 


21 


Privt. 


F 


1st Me. 


May 3, '61 


Aug. 5, '61 








Sergt. 


F 


10th Me. 


Oct. 4, '61 




Pr. 2d. Lieut. Wounded at 


John D. Haskell. 








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[Slaughter Mountain. 


John Q. Jordan. 


18 


Privt. 


D 


25th Me. 


Sept.29,'62 


July 10, '63 




George F. Joy. 


21 


Corp. 


K 


20th Me. 


Aug.29,'62 July 10, '65 


[18,1863. 


George G. Leavens. 


1- 


Privt. 


I 


16th Me. 


Aug.14,'62 


Lost an arm in battle. Dia. Feb. 


Sam'l Loring. 


2 s 






Ohio Bgt 




D. of fever, Mar. 6, 1862. 


Sani'l B. Libby. 


22 


11 


K 


20th Me. 


Aug.29,'62 1865 


Detailed to Signal Corps/63. 


Wm. Mcintosh. 


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26th Me. 
29th Me. 


sept. 29/62 July 10, '63 
Sept. 16/64 June .x '>;."> 


[Prisoner at AudersonvlUe. 


Geo. L. Macomber. 


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30th Me. 


Dec. 12, '63 Aug. 20/65 




Joseph Macomber. 


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20th Me. 


Aug. 2(1/62 




D. in Andersonville prison, July 


M.lvin W. Marston. 


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Aug. 29/62 




[29, 1S64. 


Chas. S. Merrill. 


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1st Me. 


May 3, '61 


Aug. 5, '61 




Horace F. Merrill. 


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25th Me. 


sept 29/62 


July 10, '63 


[1863. 


James R. Merrill. 


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K 


20th Me. 


Aug.29,'62 




Killed, Gettysburg, Julv 2, 


John Merrill. 


40 




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30th Me. 


Dec. 12, '63 




D. of disease, June 19, 1864. 


Seward Merrill. 














Enlisted from Gardiner. 


Wm. S. Michaels. 














Pr. sergt. Wounded June 21/63. 


James H. Miller. 


23 


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K 


20th Me. 


Aug. 29/62 




[Trans, to Vet. Corps, Oct. 11, '114. 
D. Pt. Lookout, Aug. 30, '62. 


Horace H. Moody. 


18 


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E 


5th Me. 






Enoch F. Newell. 


29 




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20th Me. 


Aug. 29/62 




Pr. corp. and sergt. Dis. '04. 


Joseph Newell. 


31 


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17th Me. 


Men. 13/65 




Never joined rgt. Dis. Portland. 


9 1 Newell. 


45 


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E 


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Dec. 12, '63 




Tr. Vet. C. D.June 30, '64. 


Edwin Osgood. 








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Killed by sharpshooter near 


Jeremiah Osgood. 


21 




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13th Me. 


Dec. 10, '61 


Jan. 6, '65 


[Richmond, Aug. 1, 1864. 


Albert W. Owen. 


18 


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25th Me. 


Sept. 29/62 


July 10, '63 








Corp. 


E 


30th Me. 


Dec. 12, '63 


Aug. 21/65 


Promoted sergeant. 


Geo. H. Parker. 


21 


Privt. 


II 


1st Me. 


May 3, '61 


Aug. 5, '61 


[in Durham, 1862. 








II 


10th Me. 


Oct". 4, '61 




Dis. fordis., Aprilll. '62. D. 


Wm. H. Polluter. 


19 


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20th Me. 


Aug. 29/62 




Tr. to Vet. C, Sept. 25, 1863. 


Cyrus A. Koak. 


19 




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80th Me. 


Dec. 12, "63 


Aug. 20/65 




A lire. 1 Roberts. 


23 


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F 


lull, Me. 


Oct. 4, '61 




Dis. for disability June 5/62. 


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l> 


28th Me. 

1st Art. 


Sept. 29/62 
Dec. 30, '63 




" April 20, '63. 
" July 17, '6*. 


I'.enj. F. Roberts. 


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Mch. 23/64 




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Nahum Roberts. 


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Oct. S, '03 




Discharged Julv in. IS65. 


Wm. 11. H. Roberts. 


21 




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12th Me. 


Nov. 16, '61 




Re-enlisted lsil.'i. Wounded 


Edmund H. Soper. 


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251 h Me. 


Sept. 29, '62 


July 11, '63 


[Sept. 19, 1865. 


E. W. Stetson. 








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Benj. F. Stevens. 


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Sept.29,'62 


July 10, '63 




Geo. T. Storah. 


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Dec. 4, '61 




Enlisted from Lewlston. 


Frederick 11. Strout. 


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3rd Me. 


June i,'.;i 


June 2S/64 


Pr. 1st sergeant. 


Freeman II- Strout. 


20 


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June 4, '61 




Killed Chantllly, Apr. 11/62. 


Newell Strout. 


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Capt. 


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June 4, '61 




Resigned Aug. S, 1861. 


Frescott R. strout. 


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li 


80th Me. 


Dec. 12, '63 




Disch. as supernumerary. 


Revillo Strout. 
















Sumner N. Strout. 


18 


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Sept.29,'62 


July 10, '63 








Lieut. 


i: 


30th Me. 


Her. 12, '63 




Killed at Pleasant Hill, Apr. 


Daniel Sutherland. 


20 


Privt. 


i: 


5th Me. 






Not mustered in. [9, 1S64. 


< Irville S\\ ell. 


21 




l 


1 Tl li Me. 


Mch. 13/65 




Never joined Co. Mustered out. 


Roscoe Sylvester. 
















Sam'] K. Thomas. 


25 


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i 


.Mil Me. 


June 21/61 




Discharged Oct. 3, 1861. 


Alonzo G. Turner. 


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ii 


20th Me. 


Aug. 29/62 




Disch. for disability, March 


George Tuttle. 








Mass .Inf. 






' | :,, 1863. 


Kufus Tuttle. 
















Tl :'- Tuttle. 


19 




n 


5th Me. 


June 24/61 




Dropped from roll by order, '62. 


Irviug Tvler. 


19 


Mus. 


B 


20th Me. 


Aug. 29/62 




Discharged. [D. PurIiam/62. 


Joseph Tyler. 


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June 4, '65 


I'r. principal musician. 


Francis Venus. 




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25th Me. 


Sept. 29, '112 


July 10, '63 




< Iren s. Viekerv. 


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Sept. 29/62 


July 10, '63 


Pr. Corporal. 


Wm. A. Walker. 


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li 


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Sept. 16/62 




Killed in action, Jan. 3,1864. 


Chas. A. N. Waterman. 


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1st Art. 


June -it, 'ill 
June 28/64 


June 21/65 


Disch. Feb. 5, 1863. 


(has. W. Wills. 


18 


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32d Me. 


M..\ ... '64 




Tr. to 31st Inf. 


Joseph o. Wilson. 
Sam'l A. Wilson. 


IS 




H 


25th Me. 


Sept- 29/62 


July 10, '63 




21 


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i: 


8th Me. 


Dec 21, '68 




Died of wounds June 14, '64. 




REV. ALLEN If. COUJ3. 



A FEW OUT OF MANY - 105 

IX. 

A FEW OUT OF MANY 

REV. ALLEN H. COBB was born in Barnstable, Mass., 21 
Nov. 1780. He was admitted to N. E. Conf. of the M. E. Church 
in 1802, and settled in Durham in 1818, where he remained till 
his death, 15 Sept. 1856. He was a member of the Convention 
that formed the Constitution of Maine in 1820. He repre- 
sented Durham in the Legislature nine years. Was Sen- 
ator from Cumberland Co. two years and two years a 
member of the Executive Council. He once said "If 
life could be lived over again, I would continue in the 
itinerancy, rather than enjoy civil honors." He preached here 
and there, as opportunity was afforded throughout his life. 
In 1848 he was readmitted to the Maine Conf. as a mark of 
respect for his valuable services and placed on the superannuated 
list. " He was faithful in all that was committed to him, ever 
ready with his counsel to serve any, and emphatically a friend 
of the poor, the widow and the orphan. As a preacher he 
retained his popularity to the last. He was clear, methodical and 
instructive in his discourses. A great crowd attended his funeral, 
and the falling tear and subdued feeling showed how much he 
was loved." 1 

He married (1) 14 April 1807, Jane Ferguson of Durham who 
died 13 Feb. 1815; (2) 16 April 1816 Nancy, sister to his first 
wife. She died 21 Feb. 1871, aged 80 yrs. He lived on the 
"Hallowell Road"' between S. W. Bend and Methodist Corner. 
The Records of Durham show 276 marriages solemnized by him. 

By his first marriage the children were John, born in Bethel 
1 April 1808, who was for many years a useful and beloved 
member of the Maine Conf., as is still his son, Rev. Gershom F. 
Cobb; Maria, who m. Elbridge Osgood; Hannah; and Susan.. 
d. 21 Nov. 1837, aged 23 yrs. 

By second marriage there were George F. ; Charles 

^linutes of Maine Conference. Memoir written by Rev. Chas. W. 
Morse. 



106 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

Corydon, bom in Durham 17 Sept. 1818, m. 5 June 1842 Esther 
Sydleman, d. at Colorado Springs 18 July 1889; their children 
born in Durham were Allen Corydon, b. 13 Jan. 1853, and Frank 
Woodbury, b. 20 Nov. 185 1 ; Edward, b. 25 Sept. 1820, lives at 
179 Brookline St., Boston, Mass.; Allen, b. 7 Oct. 1824, d. 22 
Dec. 1834. 

HON. NELSON DINGLEY, Jr., son of Nelson and Jane 
(Lambert) Dingley, was born Feb. 15, 1832, on lot 90 in 
Durham, in the house now occupied by Herbert Wagg. So 
many extended biographical sketches of him have been published 
that it is here needful to state only the salient points of his career. 
When he was very young, his parents removed to Parkman, 
thence to Unity, Me. He entered Waterville College in 1851 
and graduated at Dartmouth College in 1855, having meanwhile 
gained much experience as a teacher, writer and debater. He 
studied law with Fessenden & Morrill of Auburn and was 
admitted to the bar in 1856. He purchased the Lewiston 
Journal in 1S56, added a daily edition in 1861 (when his brother 
Frank L. Dingley became connected with him in business) and 
soon gained for it a reputation as an advocate of Republican 
principles, anti-slavery, temperance and good morals. He was 
chosen Representative from Auburn to the State Legislature, 
1861-2, and from Lewiston 1863-4, 1867 and 1872. Was twice 
elected Speaker of the House. In 1867-8 he was at the head 
of the State Lodge of Good Templars. In 1873 he was elected 
Governor of Maine and re-elected the following year. During 
all this time he was conspicuous as a political writer and speaker. 
In 188 1 he was elected a member of the National House of 
Representatives, and has been a member of every Congress since 
that date. His speeches on American Shipping and National 
Finance have caused him to be recognized as a leader. He has 
served as Chairman of several very important committees. In 
1894 he was made Chairman of the Committee of Ways and 
Means, and became leader of the Republican majority of the 
House. He was tendered by President McKinley the posi- 
tion of Secretary of the Treasury, but preferred to remain 
in the House. He was in 1898 a member of the International 
( ommission to adjust differences with Canada. The success of 
the Dingkv Tariff Bill has confirmed his reputation as a financier 
and statesman. 





HON. NELSON DINGLEY, JR. 



A FEW OUT OF MANY IOJ 

Mr. Dingley is a member of the Congregational Church and 
was Moderator of the National Congregational Council in 1894, 
at Syracuse, N. Y. He was honored with the degree of LL.D. 
by Bates College in 1874 and by Dartmouth College in 1894. 
Durham is proud of him, and he has no reason to be ashamed 
of Durham. He showed his loyalty to his native town by 
delivering the principal address at her Centennial in 1889. 

Since the above was written Mr. Dingley has died at Wash- 
ington, D. C, 13 Jan. 1899, of pneumonia, lamented by the entire 
nation. The loss of his public services is deeply felt. All parties 
unite to do honor to the memory of a noble and eminently useful 
life. 

THOMAS ESTES was the son of Caleb and Lydia (Bishop) 
Estes, and was of the fourth generation from Richard Estes, 
the Quaker immigrant, who came from Dover, England, to 
Boston in 1684 and afterwards settled in Lynn, Mass. 

Thomas Estes was born in Durham, Maine, August 20, 1784, 
and died there October 16, 1870, on the farm which he purchased 
in the southern part of the town. He married Betsey Hayford 
Alden of Greene, Maine. 

He was a man of sound judgment and a prosperous farmer. 
Though his own early education was somewhat limited, he was 
a great reader and strove to give his children all the advantages 
possible in acquiring an education beyond the common school. 
He was a Justice of the Peace, performed the marriage ceremony, 
did conveyancing for his neighbors and townspeople, and held 
office on the board of selectmen. He represented Durham two 
years in the legislature. 

Attaining his majority during the administration of President 
Jefferson, he early became imbued with the principles of the 
Democratic party and adhered to that faith through all the 
mutations of politics until he died. He was a great admirer of 
Andrew Jackson who was his beau ideal statesman. 

He was born and reared a Quaker, but choosing to marry 
out of the society and thus incur its penalty he was "disowned," 
as was the custom in those days for such "worldly behavior." 
His religious sympathies, however, remained with the society of 
his Quaker ancestors, and long years before his death he again 
united with it. A Quaker from principle and love of peace — 
one of the cardinal tenets of that denomination — while discoun- 
tenancing disloyalty and rebellion, he did not look with favor 



IOS HISTORY OF DURHAM 

upon Friends taking up arms and joining in the fratricidal strife 
between the States during the Civil war, believing such action 
on the part of Friends inconsistent with the fundamental 
teachings of the Quaker discipline. But he was a lover of the 
whole Union and did not countenance in any sense the secession. 
A man of sterling integrity, positive and honest in his convic- 
tions, and well informed on all public questions, he never shrank 
from political discussion. 

As a neighbor he was obliging and tolerant to those 
disagreeing with him. He was a temperance man from principle 
and habit. As a father of a large family — twelve children whom 
he lived to see grown men and women — he was one of the 
kindest of men and indulgent in all that conduced to their tem- 
poral welfare and happiness. Somewhat stern in his manner, 
never playful nor frivolous, only a word or a look from him was 
required to command silence and obedience, whenever the 
boisterous children had their "little differences" as he termed it 
His death occurred before that of any of his children, and he lived 
to see his youngest child nearly forty years and his oldest 
nearly sixty years of age. Being of a vigorous constitution like 
his ancestors, he transmitted the priceless inheritance to his 
children. 

Retaining his mental faculties in a remarkable degree to the 
last, he passed away in peace, with an unfaltering trust and child- 
like faith in the love and mercy of his God. He attained the 
ripe old age of eighty-six years, and was buried near where 
repose the ashes of his ancestors in the old cemetery near the 
Friends' meeting house at South Durham. 

COL. WM. R. G. ESTES. The subject of this sketch was 
the son of Thomas and Betsey Hayford (Alden) Estes, and was 
horn in Durham November 22, 1830. He was the eleventh 
of twelve children — six sons and six daughters. His grand- 
father. Caleb Estes, was one of the early settlers of Durham, 
settling there in 1769. On his mother's side he traces his 
ancestry to John Alden of the Mayflower, and is the eighth in 
lineal descent from him made famous in history and song. He 
is of Revolutionary stock, his grandfather, Benjamin Alden, and 
his great-grandfather, William Hayford, having been soldiers 
in the Revolutionary War. Born and reared on a rugged New 






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THOMAS ESTES. 




COL.. WILLIAM R. G. ESTES. 



A FEW OUT OF MANY IO9 

England farm, inured to its toil, he early learned to be self- 
reliant. 

He was educated in the schools of his native town, and the 
academies at Litchfield and North Yarmouth. It was his inten- 
tion to pursue a college course at Bowdoin, but trivial events 
often change the current of one's life, and so it was in his case, 
when he abandoned the idea of a literary life and chose a more 
active vocation, that of shipbuilding which he followed summers, 
teaching school winters. On the decline of shipbuilding, in the 
spring of 1855, he went to Dubuque, Iowa, where, with an older 
brother, he began the foundation of a mercantile life. Remain- 
ing in the West three years, he returned to Maine, and in 1861 
located in Skowhegan, where he built up a successful business 
which he continued some thirty-six years, and where he now 
resides in the enjoyment of a pleasant home. 

He has been twice married. First to Maria E. Osgood of his 
native town, who died in 1864, leaving a daughter. His second 
wife was Caroline Walker of Skowhegan, who has been his 
companion since 1865. 

His political affiliations have been with the Democratic party, 
but he has never sought office nor aspired to political honors. 
But believing in party organization, he has been active on town, 
county and state committees, and has always taken a deep 
interest in national politics. By the choice of his political towns- 
men he was appointed Postmaster for Skowhegan by President 
Cleveland; and held that office under two administrations over 
a full term, raising the postal service to a high standard. 

He obtained his military title by serving on the staff of Gov. 
Alonzo Garcelon. 

Though by education and parental training a Quaker, his 
independence of character and habits of thinking for himself 
led him to embrace a broader and more liberal theology. 
Firmly anchored to the hope of an immortal life beyond the 
grave, his belief is that, in the Fatherhood of God, all will 
ultimately be brought to holiness and happiness. 

He joined the Masonic fraternity on reaching the required 
age, in 1853, in Freeport Lodge, where he now holds an honorary 
membership, and has since been an active and prominent Free 
Mason, serving as master of Somerset Lodge at Skowhegan 
three years in succession, and holding in the Grand Lodge of 



I IO HISTORY OF DURHAM 

Maine many important offices, from District Deputy Grand 
Master to Grand Master. He has been active, also, in some of 
the so-called higher Masonic bodies, notably in the Grand coun- 
cil of Royal and Select Masters, where he held the office of 
Grand Master, and also in the Grand Commandery of Knights 
Templar, where he served two years as Grand Generalissimo — 
then declining promotion. Though not active in Scottish Rite 
Masonry, he is a member of Portland Consistory and a thirty- 
second degree Mason. 

He is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution. 

LEWIS ALDEN ESTES, son of Thomas Estes, was born 
in Durham n Dec. 1815. He graduated at Bowdoin College 
in the class of 1844. In 1847 he took charge of a Friends' 
Boarding School in Richmond, Ind. From 1870 to 1875 he 
was President of Wilmington College, Ohio. He then resigned 
and became President of the bank of Westfield, Ind., and also 
engaged in farming. He married (1) 24 Feb. 1848 Huldah 
C, dau. of Nathan C. and Abigail (Robinson) Hoag of Monkton, 
Vt. She was associated with him as a teacher for many years, 
b. 17 Sept. 1817, d. 6 Aug. 1875. He married (2) 12 Dec. 1879 
Esther Owen Brown of Westfield, Mass. His two sons, Ludovic 
and Thomas Rowley, were graduates of Haverford College, both 
teachers, and both have died within the past year. 

JULIUS EDWIN EVELETH, b. July 2, 1841, at Durham, 
attended the public schools of his native town and later the 
Lewiston Falls Academy; after which he taught in Brunswick 
and Xew Gloucester. At the age of twenty-one years he enlisted 
in the 25th Me. Reg. for the term of nine months and at the 
expiration was mustered out of the service. He again taught 
school at Brunswick and then went to Boston and secured a 
position with R. H. Stearns & Co. where he remained for ten 
years. In Jan. 1873 ne > with f° ur other salesmen, left the 
employ of Messrs. Stearns & Co. and formed the house of Russ, 
Cobb & Co., Importers and Jobbers. In 1890 Mr. Cobb retired 
and the firm name changed to Russ, Eveleth & Ingalls, the 
present style. As a buyer of foreign goods Mr. Eveleth's duties 
have required visits to Europe twice a year for the past ten years. 
Mr. Eveleth's home is in Lincoln, seventeen miles out from 
Boston, where he has for several years been a member of the 




JULIUS EDWIN EVELETH. 




JOSEPH MARRINER GERRISH. 



A FEW OUT OF MANY I I I 

School Board and Trustee of town funds. He is also a member 
of the Boston Art Club and of the Pine Tree State Club of Bos- 
ton. He mar. Aug. 22, 1868, Mary Adeline, dau. of Harvey Reed 
of Livermore, Me., by whom he has had five children, Mabel 
(deceased), Charles Frederick (Mass. Inst. Tech. 1895), May 
Pauline, Edwin Harlan, and Julius Malcolm. 

JOSEPH MARRINER GERRISH. He was the son of 
Capt. Nathaniel and Sarah (Marriner) Gerrish and was born in 
Royalsborough 24 Mch. 1783 and died in Portland 30 April 1853. 
For record of his family see Genealogy of the Gerrish family in 
this book. 

It is related of him that when he was a youth and drove ox- 
teams with masts to Freeport he sometimes halted at the school 
house on lower County Road, where Sarah, daughter of Parson 
Herrick, was teaching school. He took his place in the spelling 
class and "spelled down" all the pupils, he being a famous 
speller. 

The journals of Portland at the time of his death speak in 
very high terms of the character and public services of Mr. 
Gerrish. Especially the Hon. William Willis, author of a 
History of Portland, pays a tribute to his memory. Mr. Gerrish 
went to Portland as a poor boy and at first found employment 
in the office of Samuel Freemari who was then Clerk of Courts. 
In 1807 ne was made Deputy Sheriff, in which office he continued 
many years. He was Treasurer of Portland 1823-5, and in 1831 
was chosen Representative to the Legislature. Afterward he 
became proprietor of the Portland Advertiser. After his retire- 
ment from business his services were often sought as referee and 
in the administration of estates. 

He was Treasurer of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Portland 
from its organization until 1837. The Records of the Lodge 
show that the salary voted him was given yearly into the Charity 
Fund. He was Past Commander of Maine Encampment and 
a member of the Grand Encampment of Massachusetts and 
Rhode Island. In 1818-19 he was Master of Ancient Land Mark 
Lodge, having served as Senior Warden in 1817. 

In every relation of life Mr. Gerrish was a kind, faithful and 
true man, upright and conscientious in the discharge of duty, 
and benevolent and amiable in social intercourse. "The peculiar 



I I 2 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

excellencies of his character were honesty of purpose, fidelity and 
generosity to friends, attachment to domestic enjoyments and 
relations, consistency and steadiness of action, a courteous 
deportment and polished manners, and the prompt and intelligent 
discharge of all his engagements, directed by a sincere desire to 
promote individual and public good." The Argus said, "He 
was a useful man, ever ready to serve his fellow-citizens. How 
numerous the pages that must be written to tell of all his half 
century of good service ! He was a humane man. If he had 
an enemy we do not know it. He was benevolent. The cause 
that with. beseeching eye or pathetic voice appealed to his heart 
never went unsatisfied away." The Eclectic said, "He was a 
man every way worthy of our high esteem. In every relation 
in life his character shone out in the most estimable light. 
There were no repelling points to it, but all was well rounded, — 
all conspired to draw us toward him, to attract our love and 
esteem." 

JOHN JORDAN GERRISH, son of James and Mary (Syl- 
vester) Gerrish was born in Durham, near the old Gerrish home- 
stead 21 Dec. 1 82 1. The meager schooling of a rural district 
was supplemented by a term at the Bath High School and a 
winter of teaching in Webster in 1842. In 1846 he became an 
employe of the old Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad, now the 
Grand Trunk, and continued in their service till Oct. 1863 and 
with other Railroads till 1871. Railroading was then in a prim- 
itive condition, and those engaged in it were expected to know- 
all about it and be ready for any service, such as track-repairing, 
train -service and general jobbing. Mr. Gerrish acted ten years 
as conductor, yard-master and assistant to the " Chief." There 
were- plenty of extra hours, extra labors, extra trains, but no extra 
pay. After 1871 he was for over twenty years in trade in Port- 
land. He served two years in the lower branch of the City 
Government and was two terms an Alderman and Overseer of 
the poor. He served fourteen years as Trustee of Evergreen 
Cemetery. In all positions his capacity, intelligence, and integ- 
rity of character have been recognized. 

He married, 21 Dec. 1848 Susan R. Small of Lisbon, and 
has since resided in Portland. 




JOHN JORDAN GERRISH. 



A FEW OUT OF MANY I 13 

ZEBULON KING HARMON, the son of Daniel and Mary 
(True) Harmon, was born in Durham 11 Nov. 1816. At the age 
of eighteen he began to learn the printer's trade in Brunswick, 
■where he remained three years. He was for two years clerk in 
St. Charles, Mo. Was several years in the County Clerk's office 
in Portland. For thirty years he was solicitor of claims. He 
completed for the State a muster-roll of the soldiers of Maine 
in the War of 1812. He filed over six hundred pension claims. 
He was an earnest promoter of the Society of the Sons of the 
American Revolution. He was a good citizen, honored and 
respected by all who knew him. He often visited his native 
town, and took an active part in its Centennial, reading a sketch 
of Isaac Royall's life. He died in Portland, 16 March, 1895. 

He married 29 Nov. 1846, Harriet A. dau. of Isaac and Mary 
(Little) Davis of Portland. Their son. Charles C, is a member 
of the firm of Loring, Short & Harmon. 

JACOB HERRICK, ESQ., son of Rev. Jacob and Sarah 
(Webster) Herrick, was born in Beverly, Mass., 29 March, 1791. 
When five years of age he rode on a pillion with his mother to 
Durham in five days. He entered Phillips Academy, Andover, 
in 1805, and was for a time a student in Bowdoin College, class 
of 1810. He married 13 Jan. 1813, Abigail, dau. of Capt. John 
Scott of Durham. "She was a slight, dark woman, of delicate 
physique, but of unbounded energy and vivacity, generous, 
amiable and notably unselfish." Their early married life was 
spent in Durham, where he was a farmer and Notary Public. 
In 1845 they moved to Auburn, where "Squire Herrick" was 
well known as a claim-agent and Justice of the Peace. He was 
a man of fair complexion and rather portly figure, of marked 
literary taste, and endowed with a keen sense of humor and a 
ready wit which made him an admirable raconteur. He died in 
Auburn 12 June 1864. His widow died in Portland in 1877. 
For some account of his family see chapter on Genealogy. 

WILLIAM HENRY LAMBERT, son of Isaac and Lucy 
(Dingley) Lambert, was born in Durham 8 Aug. 1843. He fitted 
for college at Lewiston Falls Academy and graduated at Water- 
ville College, now Colby University, in 1865. He was admitted 
to the bar at Augusta in 1867 and to the Mass. bar in 1883, but 



114 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

never practiced law. He was successively principal of the high 
schools at Castine, Augusta, Lewiston and Fall River, Mass. He 
was Supt. of Schools in Maiden, Mass., 1879-84. He returned to 
Fall River as principal of the high school and died there 4 Nov. 
1890. Colby University honored him with the degree of Ph. D. 
in 1889. He served for a time as Editor of the Maine School 
Journal, and at the time of his death was President of the Mass. 
State Teachers' Association. He edited "Memory Gems" and 
"Robinson Crusoe" for use in schools, and contributed to the 
New England Journal of Education and other school journals. 
An editorial in a Fall River paper thus speaks of him : — " Dr. 
Lambert was held in universal esteem. He had impressed 
himself indelibly upon the city as a man of high character and 
conspicuous ability. His pupils had for him the highest respect 
and the warmest personal regard. It is hardly too much to say 
that he was facile princcps among the public school teachers of 
the State. Certainly high educational authority has so regarded 
him. The inducements which have been brought to bear to 
secure his services in other cities clearly indicate his professional 
eminence. He was a man of unfailing courtesy, of broad and 
generous culture, of noble impulses, and best of all, of established 
Christian character. His wide and thorough scholarship, his 
ready tact and deep and genuine sympathy gave him great power 
as an instructor. His hold on his pupils was remarkable. His 
quality as a disciplinarian was in keeping with his other qualities. 
The touch of the hand was velvet, but no one doubted that it was 
full of nerve and force. 

"Just and wise in administration, kindly in heart, desirous to 
be helpful to all, humane and Christian in spirit, a man whose 
character lifted the morale of whatever instruction he led, and 
inspired to higher living whatever pupils were entrusted to his 
guidance and instruction, his sudden death has spread over 
the community a universal feeling of grief. The flag w : hich, as 
head of the school, he so lately received at the hands of the school 
board, now floating at half mast, and in keeping with it other 
school flags, fitly typifies the general sense of bereavement and 
pain." 

He married in Waterville, Sept. 1866, Emma F. Otis and left 
two daughters, Grace E. and Gertrude A. 




HON. WILLIAM H. NEWELL. 



A FEW OUT OF MANY I 1 5 

BENJAMIN F. NASON was born in Windham 13 March, 
1818. His father was John, son of William and Betsey Nason, 
born in Windham 29 March 1792. His mother was Lavinia, 
dau. of Benjamin and Sarah (Libby) Weeks, born in Windham 
27 June, 1797. They were married in 1817, and moved to 
Durham in 1819. John Nason died 30 May, 1872 ; his wife died 
17 May 1879. Benjamin F. Nason was educated in the public 
schools of Durham and in private schools taught at S. W. Bend 
and West Durham by Joseph Hill, a student from Bowdoin 
College. He relates that when he was ten years old a kinsman 
visited his father's house and gave him, for reading a sentence 
from a book, a dollar with which to buy a Grammar and an 
Arithmetic. At the age of eighteen he began to teach and 
continued that profession for twenty-seven years, or thirty-five 
terms of school. His salary varied from $12 per month at the 
beginning to $50 per month at the end. He has received about 
$3000 for teaching and has given a full equivalent to his pupils, 
, many of whom still remember his genial ways and patient efforts 
for their intellectual improvement. Mr. Nason has also been 
supervisor of Schools and one of the Selectmen. He interested 
himself in Town History and collected much material for the 
present volume. 

He married Frances E. Drinkwater, by whom he had three 
daughters, only one of whom, Mrs. Nettie Merrill of Auburn, 
is now living. He died at Auburn 20 July 1898. 

HON. WILLIAM H. NEWELL, son of Win. B. and 
Susannah K. Newell, was born in Durham, April 16, 1854. 
After pursuing the branches taught in the local schools he 
attended the Western State Normal School at Farmington, from 
which he graduated in 1872. Thence he went to the Maine 
Wesleyan Seminary at Kent's Hill, graduating from the Classical 
Department of this institution in 1876. 

During the next six years Mr. Newell was principal of the 
Grammar School at Brunswick, a position which he filled with 
a great deal of success at a very trying time. 

While engaged in teaching at Brunswick he pursued a wide 
course of study and general reading at the Bowdoin College 
library and entered upon the study of the law in the office of 
Weston Thompson, Esq. While still teaching he was admitted 
to the Sagadahoc County Bar, at Bath. 



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In 1882 he abandoned teaching and removed to Lewiston, 
where he immediately opened a law office. He formed a 
co-partnership with Hon. D. J. McGillicuddy and F. X. Belleau, 
Esq., under the style of Newell, McGillicuddy & Belleau, with 
offices in Central Block at the corner of Main and Lisbon streets. 
He soon after withdrew from this concern and associated himself 
with Wilbur H. Judkins, Esq., as Newell & Judkins. 

This partnership lasted until January 1, 1894. when Mr. 
Newell withdrew and became senior member of the present firm 
of Newell & Skelton, which is now recognized as one of the 
leading law firms in Androscoggin County. 

He was married to Ida F. Plummer September 20, 1883. 
They have three children, Augusta Plummer, born March 17, 
1887, Gladys Weeks, born October 13, 1890, and Dorothy, born 
February 2, 1894. 

Mr. Newell is a Democrat in politics and, while he has never 
made politics in any sense a vocation, he has been called upon to 
fill many public offices. He was auditor of accounts for the City 
of Lewiston in 1885 and City Solicitor in 1890. In 1890 he was 
elected County Attorney of Androscoggin County by a large 
majority in a normally strong Republican county. In the 
following spring he was elected Mayor of Lewiston and was 
re-elected in 1892. He has been urged several times since then 
to accept the nomination at the hands of the business men of the 
City. In 1898, at the earnest request of the tax payers and 
representative citizens, he again became a candidate for the 
mayoralty on a Democratic ticket endorsed by the citizens in 
general. His great popularity is attested by the fact that he 
was elected by a majority of almost 400 against a Republican 
majority of 997 at the preceding election. He is now serving 
his third term in this important office. 

He has also held many important positions of trust outside 
of politics. He was a delegate from the Maine State Bar 
Association to the twenty-first annual convention of the 
American Bar Association at Saratoga in 1898. About a year 
ago Chief Justice Peters appointed him to membership on the 
Commission to draft a plan for the annexation of the City of 
Deering to Portland. 

Air. Newell is largely interested in important business 
enterprises and is officially connected with numerous 




WILLIAM B. NEWELL. 



A FEW OUT OF MANY I I 7 

corporations. He is Vice President and a director of the 
Manufacturers' National Bank of Lewiston, director and clerk 
of the Rumford Falls and Rangeley Lakes Railroad, director and 
clerk of the Maine Pulp and Paper Company, and director of the 
Androscoggin Water Power Company. 

He is a member of the Board of Trade and of the local social 
clubs and organizations. He is an Odd Fellow and a member of 
all the local Masonic bodies. He is also a member of Kora 
Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and attended the annual 
convention of Mystic Shriners at Dallas, Texas, in June 1898, as 
Supreme Representative from Maine. 

As a lawyer Mr. Newell stands among the foremost in the 
State. Sound, conservative and well grounded in his profession, 
he enjoys the confidence of the business public in a marked 
degree. An exceptionally able advocate, keen, incisive and 
resourceful, he is a terror to an obstinate or prevaricating witness 
and always makes the hardest fight when the odds are most 
against him. His reserve power and ability to adapt himself to 
varying circumstances is often the subject of remark among his 
associates. 

His fidelity to his clients, his strict integrity and his executive 
ability have brought him much into the management of large 
estates, and an extensive practice in this line, both in probate and 
in commercial transactions, testifies very emphatically to his 
success in his chosen profession. 

Generous, hospitable and public spirited in a marked degree, 
he makes and holds friends without regard to political affiliations 
or business associations. He is apparently never happier than 
when assisting some struggling member of his own profes- 
sion over a difficult point in his case, and the younger 
attorneys at his Bar all say that no one ever seeks assistance of 
him in vain, no matter how busy he may be. 

WILLIAM B. NEWELL, the eldest son of the Rev. David 
and Jane Newell, was born in Portland, Me., May 12, 1827. He 
was married to Susannah K. Weeks June 15, 1850. They have 
two children, Ida E. Newell, born January 12, 1852, who has 
always resided with him, and William H. Newell, Mayor of 
Lewiston. Mr. Newell has resided in Durham for more than 
forty years, during thirty-five of which he has occupied the farm 
where he now lives at West Durham. 



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He secured a good common school education in early life and 
taught school during the winter seasons for thirty years with 
unqualified success. He is one of the few surviving representa- 
tives of those old-fashioned school masters whose work brought 
them into closest touch with pupils and parents alike, and whose 
influence, always for truer and higher manhood and womanhood, 
has borne its fruit in the sterling qualities of their pupils. Few 
of Durham's citizens have done more to stamp the impress of a 
noble life upon the lives of her sons and daughters than Mr. 
Newell. 

He has held many town offices, notably those of Town Clerk, 
member of the Superintending School Committee, member of 
the Board of Selectmen and Town Treasurer. A fitting tribute 
to his sense of fairness in all dealings of man with man and to 
the confidence which his fellow-townsmen have in his honesty 
and conscientiousness is the fact that they have persisted in 
choosing him moderator of their annual town meetings for many 
years. 

In politics, he is a Democrat, respected alike by his political 
friends and opponents. In religion he is a Congregationalism 
He is an upright citizen. His word is as good as his bond. 

FRED W. NEWELL, son of James and Sarah (Herrick) 
Newell, was born in Durham 22 Nov. 1865. He fitted for col- 
lege in part at Freeport High School and graduated at Bates 
College in 1889, ranking second in a class of twenty-five mem- 
bers. During his college course he taught terms of school in 
several towns including Oakland and Monmouth, where he was 
Principal of the Academy. Immediately after graduation he 
became Principal of the Boston Asylum and Farm School, a 
charitable institution with a hundred pupils. After a year he 
was elected Principal of a school at Pittsfield, N. H., where he 
remained one year. He was Principal of the Academy at Thet- 
ford, Vt., 1891-6. He graduated in 1898 from the School of 
Civil Engineering of Michigan University at Ann Arbor. He 
married 4 Aug. 1892 Sophia George of Barnstead, N. H. Is 
now a civil engineer in Ohio. 

JOHN DURAN OSGOOD, son of David and Elsie (Duran) 
Osgood, was born in Durham, Me., June 8, 1819. His grand- 
father, Nathaniel Osgood, having served as a soldier in the War 




DR. ALEXANDER M. PARKER. 



A FEW OUT OF MANY I 1 9 

of the Revolution, came from Salisbury, Mass., his native place, 
to Durham about 1790, and was one of the founders of the 
Osgood family in the latter town. 

John D. Osgood attended the public schools of Durham, and 
in addition to the education thus received, he acquired a well 
trained mind by his wide reading. 

He married, in 1849, Sarah A., daughter of Barzillai Richards 
of Durham, and settled on the homestead farm on the county 
road, near the Freeport line, where he resided until the death of 
his wife, in 1867. He then sold his farm, and for several years 
had no settled home, but visited other parts of the state and 
country, spending two or three years in Boston, from which city 
he went to Raymond, Me., in 1875. 

He married Mrs. Emeline Nash of that place, in 1877, and 
lived there until his death, Aug. 27, 1882. 

He served repeatedly as one of the selectmen of Durham and 
also as representative to the legislature in 1871. 

He was a man of sound judgment, very conscientious, and 
highly respected as a citizen. The honors he received from his 
townsmen were not of his own seeking. 

In 1868 he joined the Methodist Church at West Durham, 
and was also a member of Acacia Lodge No. 121, F. & A. M. 

He sleeps in the little cemetery on the Pownal road, beside 
the wife of his youth, and with them rest their first born son and 
their only daughter. 

Two sons survive him, both residents of Boston. 

ALEXANDER McINTOSH PARKER, M. D., son of 
Peter and Mercy (Mcintosh) Parker, was born in Durham 19 
March 1824. He studied medicine with Drs. F. G. Warren of 
Pownal and N. H. Cary of Durham. He also attended lectures 
at the Medical Schools of Bowdoin College and of Harvard 
College, from which he graduated in 1856. He practiced at 
Dresden, Me., three years. Moved to Morrill's Corner, Deering, 
in 1859, where he built up a large practice. In 1863 he served as 
Assistant Surgeon of the First Maine Cavalry in Virginia. Was 
present at the battles of Brandy Station, Chancellorsville, Gettys- 
burg, Cold Harbor, Spottsylvania and at the siege of Peters- 
burg. July 15. 1863, he was taken prisoner and confined four 
months in Libbv Prison, Richmond. He was an Odd Fellow 



120 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

and Royal Arch Mason. He ranked high socially as well as 
professionally. 

He married (i) 2 July 1848, Mary C. Corbett of Durham; 
(2) Eliza A. Sawyer of Portland ; (3) Mrs. Florentine C. Walker, 
widow of Capt. Joseph Walker of Portland. By second marriage 
there were two daughters, Carrie Elizabeth, who married Charles 
E. Clark of Yarmouth, and Alice Mary who married the Rev. 
W. H. Gould of Dexter, Me. Dr. Parker died 24 Nov. 1897. 
He is remembered by many friends as a true man and faithful 
physician. 

JOSEPH PLUMMER, son of Henry and Wealthy (Estes) 
Plummer, was born in Durham 7 Sept. 1834. He lived as a 
farmer in Durham till 1883. Since that time he has been a 
miller at Lisbon Falls. He married Marcia Foss of Lisbon and 
has one daughter. Clara A., who married 13 June 1892 Walter 
Douglas of Windham. 

An episode in his life caused a good deal of newspaper com- 
ment. At midnight of Aug. 6, 1879, ne was awakened, at his 
home in Durham, by a noise like the slamming of a door. He 
hastened out and saw two men about ten rods away running 
across the field. With no clothing but a night-dress and without 
any weapon he gave chase, shouting to a neighbor for assistance. 
They pursued the two burglars some distance and finally cap- 
tured both, finding them armed with revolvers. Frightened by 
threats of being shot the thieves surrendered. It was found that 
they had pillaged a number of houses. To burglarize houses in 
Durham is not half as easy as it once was to stab horses and 
burn buildings by night. The thieves got their due reward in 
Auburn jail. 

EDWARD PLUMMER, son of Henry and Wealthy (Estes) 
Plummer, was born in Durham 4 Jan. 1830. He began his 
remarkable business career at the age of eighteen, working one 
year in Bath. The next year, 1849, ne was owner of a saw and 
grist mill just below the present bridge at Lisbon Falls, which 
he operated till 1862. Then he sold out to the Worumbo Co., 
of which he became a Director and Agent. He superintended 
the building of the large woolen mill at Lisbon Falls. He was 
a promoter and director of the Androscoggin Railroad, built in 
1861. He organized the Androscoggin Water Power Co. for 




EDWARD PLUMMER. 




JOSEPH PLUMMEE. 




JACOB H. EOAK. 




HON. WILLIAM D. ROAK. 



A FEW OUT OF MANY 121 

lumbering in 1875 an d has been its Agent ever since. The com- 
pany has paid five per cent, semi-annual dividends on its capital 
of $100,000 every year since its organization. Its timber lands 
in the northern part of Oxford County were sold last August 
to the Umbagog Pulp Co. of Livermore Falls for $158,000. Mr. 
Plummer was a prime mover in the building of the Rumford 
Falls Railroad and also of the pulp mill of Lisbon Falls Fiber Co. 
He was Representative to the Legislature in 1870. He has a 
fine residence at Lisbon Falls, Me. 

Mr. Plummer married (1) Augusta Taylor of Lisbon, (2) 
Sarah A. Shaw of Durham. A son, Walter E. married Grace 
Douglas of Gardiner. Another son, Harry E. married Mary 
Libby of Lisbon. Both are associated with their father in busi- 
ness at Lisbon Falls. A daughter, Ida F. married Mayor Newell 
of Lewiston. 

JACOB HERRICK ROAK, son of Martin and Elizabeth 
(Lawrence) Rourk, was born in Durham 22 March 1806, and 
died in Auburn 5 July 1886. His father died when he was less 
than two years of age, and his early life was a struggle. He 
began his business career at South West Bend as a shoemaker. 
Later he became associated with Mr. Packard at West Auburn 
in the wholesale manufacture of boots and shoes. Their business 
was afterward transferred to Auburn. He may be called the 
pioneer of all the great shoe-manufacturing that is now carried 
on in that city. He established the first National Bank in 
Auburn, where his character and business ability are well known 
and approved. He is a fine illustration of so many American 
lads who by industry and perseverance have risen from humble 
circumstances almost unaided to positions of wealth and public 
influence. 

He married (1) 1833, Mary P. Packard of Auburn; (2) 2 
Sept. 1841, Ellen Blake. There were two children by the first 
marriage and four by the second. 

HON. WILLIAM D. ROAK, born 4 Dec. 1820, has spent 
his life as a successful farmer on the farm occupied by his father. 
No citizen of Durham has been more useful, respected and hon- 
ored. Fie was on the Board of Selectmen in 1855, '56, '58, '67 
and '69, the last two years as Chairman. Was Town Clerk in 
1879. He served on the School Committee nine years. Was 



122 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

Representative to the State Legislature in 1857 and 1858, County 
Commissioner 1870-76, and State Senator 1883-86. Has been 
chosen moderator of Town Meetings thirty-two times. Was Jus- 
tice of the Peace several years. He held some town office forty 
years continuously, and always without a suspicion of dishonesty 
or charge of unfaithfulness. He has acted as appraiser of over 
fifty estates. An ardent lover of his native town he for many 
years has been collecting historical material, which has been util- 
ized in this volume. It is probable that no one who ever lived in 
Durham has been so well versed in its history. He is still alive 
emphatically. In politics he is unquestionably a Republican ; in 
religion, a Congregationalist ; in social and business relations a 
kind, just and helpful man. 

ALFRED ROBERTS, son of Oliver and Sophia Roberts, 
was born in Lisbon 1 July 1838. When five years of age he was 
bereaved of his father, and his mother with five small children 
moved to S. W. Bend. When he was eighteen years old the 
care of the family devolved on him. He learned the trade of 
a shoe-maker. In Sept. 1861 he entered the Union army. Poor 
health prevented much active service. Most of his battles were 
fought with sympathizers with the Rebellion at S. W. Bend. 
After the war he moved to Portland and was engaged in business 
there for the next twenty years as a retail and wholesale shoe- 
dealer. He dealt also in real estate and acted as broker irt 
exchange of bonds, mortgages and other securities. In the 
business of a broker he has continued in his partial retirement at 
Old Orchard. For the last five years he has lived at Los 
Angeles, Cal., where he has fifty acres used in the cultivation of 
fruit. He has always been an ardent adherent of the Republican 
party. 

MRS. ANNIE J. ROBERTS, wife of Alfred Roberts, was 
the youngest daughter of Josiah Fitz, late of Lynn, Mass. After 
twenty-eight years of peaceful, happy married life she passed 
away 13 May 1898 at Los Angeles, Cal. Her portrait is pre- 
sented as an offering of love in tribute to the memory of one 
whose womanly virtues were recognized by all who knew her. 
She was a type of those self-forgetful persons who ordinarily are 
not found on the pages of history, who lose themselves as a living- 
sacrifice to the happiness and welfare of others, and thus find the 




ALFEED ROBERTS. 




ANNIE J. (FITZ) ROBERTS. 



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SAMUEL OWEN STACKPOLE. 



A FEW OUT OF MANY I 23 

truest value of life. Such realize more pleasure in having an 
attractive, cheerful, restful home, than monarchs do in founding 
and extending a kingdom. Their conquests are those of love. 
Their acquisitions are such as belong to highest character. 
Modesty, gentleness, sympathy, charity, patience, purity, surely 
these are more valuable than the riches acquired by scheming 
industry, more honorable than high political station, more lasting 
than all other gains. The possession of such qualities of the 
heart found a great hope of a still happier and nobler state of 
existence, since no real loss can ever come to a good person. 
Made perfect through the physical sufferings of her last years 
she died as peacefully as she had lived. 

SAMUEL OWEN STACKPOLE was born in Durham 19 
Dec. 1794. He received the homestead of seventy-five acres 
from his father, giving bond of $1500 for the maintenance of his 
parents and sister Jane as long as they lived and for the payment 
of certain amounts to other relatives. The bond obliged him, 
among other things, to provide for his parents " conveyance to 
Meeting and for visiting their friends in such manner as has 
been customary with them." This bond he gave at the age of 
twenty-two and he faithfully fulfilled it. He added to the home- 
stead by purchase from time to time, till he owned one hundred 
and eighty acres. He engaged to some extent in lumbering, 
built a saw-mill back of his house, and drove many a mast and 
stick of oak timber to Freeport. When he wanted bricks, he 
made them on his own farm. Industry and enterprise made 
him a successful farmer. He refused all offers of public office, 
though urged to accept several. The title of "Major" was 
familiarly applied to him, though he would not accept that office 
when it was offered to him. His hospitality was unlimited. 
Everybody found a welcome to his home. He brought up four- 
teen children, but there was always room for lodgers. He was 
generous to the needy and to every good cause that appealed to 
him for help. Hence he was an early abolitionist and total 
abstainer. He united with the Methodist Episcopal church in 
1838 and conscientiously and liberally supported it as long as he 
lived. He drove with his family three miles to meeting every 
Sunday in the year. No season of the year was too busy for 
family prayer. He was a friend to many, and therefore had many 
friends. In person he was six feet tall, straight as an arrow till 



124 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

bent by old age and sickness, rather slim than stout, tough and 
muscular. He slept but little and wanted to be at work all the 
time. Evenings and when not laboring he was almost always 
reading some newspaper or good book, especially in old age the 
Bible. With all his hard work and many cares he retained to 
the end a warm heart and genial, social ways. He lived seventy- 
six years on the spot where he was born. Moving to Brunswick 
in 1872 he did not seem to feel quite at home and was always 
glad to drive up to Durham. He died in Brunswick 7 April 1876, 
and was buried about a mile from his Durham home, where rest 
also his parents, wives and several children. 

JAMES STROUT, son of Joshua, Jr., was born in Durham 
2 April 1792, and died in Brunswick 15 Aug. 1875. He spent 
most of his life in his native town and was one of the most prom- 
inent and influential citizens. He united with the Methodist 
Episcopal Church in 1816, and acted as steward and class-leader 
therein for many years. The Rev. Charles W. Morse wrote of 
him thus, "A man of varied powers, he consecrated all to Christ, 
and showed throughout a long life a single eye, giving glory to 
God. He won all hearts by his ardent and cheerful piety. Few 
persons have left a more consistent example of a deep and abiding 
conviction of God, and a faithful adherence to the Holy Scrip- 
tures. His house was always a home to the itinerant, and he 
spared no pains in their great work of saving souls. True to 
God and the Church, he gained the esteem of his fellow-men, 
who honored him with civil trusts, at home and in the Legisla- 
ture, both for the town and county." 

He was on the Board of Selectmen eleven years, thrice Rep- 
resentative and twice State Senator. 

DR. 1)A\ ID B. STROUT was born in Durham 5 April 
1814. He was the only dentist that ever practiced in Durham. 
IK was well known in Auburn and Lewiston where he lived 
many years. No one was better acquainted with the old inhab- 
itants and folk-lore of the town. He was Captain of one of the 
early militia companies. His memory retained many interesting 
items of personal and family history, and he knew how to relate 
them entertainingly. He was from youth a firm believer in the 
doctrines of Universalism and was always ready for a controver- 
sial argument. The cause of Temperance found in him an ardent 
and constant advocate. He died in Lewiston 25 Jan. 1890. 




JAMES STROUT. 




DR. DAVID E. STROUT. 




WILLIAM HARRISON THOMAS. 



A FEW OUT OF MANY 1 25 

He married, 28 Nov. 1839, Jane B. Lufkin of Pownal, daughter 
of Joseph and Patience (Bartol) Lufkin. She died 26 Feb. 1898. 
A daughter, Amanda Jane, died at the age of five years. Another 
daughter, Priscilla Ellen, born 4 Nov. 1840, married Wm. Fred. 
Rowe and lives in Lewiston. 

WILLIAM HARRISON THOMAS, son of Woodbury 
Thomas, was born in Durham 24 Aug. 1848. He acquired suffi- 
cient education in the public schools and by self-help to become 
a very successful teacher, having taught twenty-two terms in 
Durham, Lisbon and Brunswick. He has served as Town Clerk 
and Representative to the Legislature. He interested himself in 
the preservation of Durham's churches and collected most of the 
funds for the repair of the Free Baptist Church and of the Union 
Church a few years ago. He is remembered as an ardent sup- 
porter of the Republican party in Durham. To him was due 
much of the credit for the success of the Durham Centennial, and 
without his advocacy and financial management this History of 
Durham might not have been published. He is a lover and 
helper of his native town. He still owns a farm near S. W. Bend, 
but moved to Lewiston in 1890. 

Mr. Thomas married, 25 June 1871, Cathie Susan, dau. of 
James and Sarah (Herrick) Newell. 

Their children are George W. b. 25 July 1873, who graduated 
at Bates College in 1896 and is a student of Law at Harvard 
University ; Charles H. b. 29 Mch. 1875, who is an employe in the 
Manufacturers' Bank of Lewiston ; and Emery J. b. 12 Dec. 1876, 
who is a student in the Medical Department of Tufts College. 

PROF. FREDERICK MORRIS WARREN, the oldest 
child of John Quincy and Ellen Maria (Cary) Warren, was born 
in Durham June 9th, 1859. His father dying in 1863, his mother 
married the Rev. Wm. H. Haskell in the fall of 1864 and moved 
with her husband and son to Westbrook (now Deering, Wood- 
ford's Corner) Maine, in 1865. The latter attended school at 
Casco St. Vestry (Miss Hall's) in Portland, the district schools 
at Woodford's and of Falmouth, to which town his parents 
moved in Jan. 1869. In the autumn of 1872 he was sent to 
Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., where he graduated in 1875. 
After a residence in France and Germany (attending M. Cuillier's 
school in Paris for a year and living in Hanover with a private 



126 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

family) he entered the Freshman Class of Amherst College in 
April, 1877, and graduated as A. B. in 1880. The year following 
he was a student and private tutor in Amherst. In August, 1881, 
he was appointed Instructor in Modern Languages at Western 
Reserve College, Hudson, Ohio, and when that Institution 
moved to Cleveland in 1882 and became Adelbert College of 
Western Reserve University, he was retained in the same position 
in Cleveland for one year. The academic year 1883-1884 was 
passed as a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University, the 
years 1884-1886 at the Sorbonne, College de France and l'Ecole 
des Chartres in Paris. In 1886 he was appointed Instructor in 
French at Johns Hopkins University. In June, 1887, he took the 
degree of Ph. D. at the same institution, and, continuing there 
as instructor, was made Associate in Modern Languages in 1888. 
In 1891 he was appointed Professor of Romance Languages in 
Adelbert College of Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, 
which position he now holds. He was married in Baltimore, 
June 8th, 1892, to Estelle Ward Carey, daughter of James Carey 
Jr., of Baltimore (deceased) and Martha (Ward) Carey of Rich- 
mond Co. Virginia. On June 24, 1894, a daughter, Martha 
Stockbridge, was born and on October 18, 1896, a son, James 
Carey. 

Besides various contributions to scientific periodicals and 
magazines he has edited several French texts for class use, and 
is the author of "A Primer of French Literature," 1889 (D. C. 
Heath & Co., Boston) and "A History of the Novel Previous to 
the Seventeenth Century," 1895 (Henry Holt & Co., New York). 

WAITSTILL WEBBER was born in Harpswell 17 Sept. 
1779. At the age of thirteen and a half he was sent to live 
with a Mr. Corey who kept a grocery store in Harpswell near 
where Mrs. Eleanor Merriman now lives. Here he worked till 
he was sixteen. Not liking to sell rum he left the store and 
learned the carpenter's trade with John Curtis, remaining with 
him till twenty-one years of age. In 1803 he bought one half 
of lot No. 12 in Durham for $650. The new house which he 
built in 1811 was destroyed by fire in 1831. He at once built 
the large two story house where his son, Charles W. Webber 
resides. In 1814 he joined the Society of Friends at South 
Durham, and was an honored member till his death, 15 Jan. 




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HOWE WEEKS. 



A FEW OUT OF MANY I 27 

1869. In 1828-9 he was one of the Selectmen. He preferred 
the walks of private life and worked as a carpenter and farmer 
nearly up to the hour of his death. He was a good citizen and a 
sympathetic helper of his fellowmen. The text used at his 
funeral was Psalms xxxvii 137. 

HOWE WEEKS, son of Benjamin, was born in Gorham 28 
April 1812, and moved to Durham when six years old. He 
served his apprenticeship with John A. Briggs, a dam and bridge 
contractor. He helped build the old toll bridge between Lewis- 
ton and Auburn, also the first log dam on the Androscoggin 
River at Lewiston, and the Lincoln Mill. In 1840-6 he was in 
partnership with Daniel Wood in a general store on lower Main 
St., Lewiston. In 1858 he moved to Auburn and was for several 
years engaged in the manufacture of shoes with A. C. Pray. He 
served on the Board of Selectmen of Lewiston, and was tax- 
collector in Auburn several years. He was a Director of the 
Lewiston Falls Bank and one of the promoters of the Lewiston 
and Auburn Railroad, connecting with the Grand Trunk. 

He was a lifelong Democrat and never missed casting his 
ballot at election till the one preceding his death, which occurred 
in Auburn, Me., 1 Mch. 1895. 

He married (1) 1839 Sarah Daggett; (2) May 1850 Pamelia 
H. Stetson. Their children were Flora L., b. 4 April 1852, d. 
Feb. 1869, and William H. b. 19 Aug. 1858. 

ABIJAH B. WRIGHT, M. D., was one of the early 
physicians of Durham. He lived just south of the present Cong, 
church, near S. W. Bend, and had an apothecary shop by the 
side of his house. He came to Durham from Lewiston. His 
ancestors came from Dracut, Mass. His widow, Abigail 
(Hardy) Wright, married Nathaniel Parker in 1858. He had a 
son Horace who married, May 14, 1840, Mary Ann Lincoln of 
Durham, and a daughter, Allura, who married, July 30, 1835, 
Sidney Skelton of Lewiston. She is still living in Auburn. 
Joel Wright was his nephew, who used to live near by the 
Doctor and had a family of thirteen children, none of them, 
however, born in Durham. All have moved out of town except 
Geo. Washington Wright. Joel Wright died 10 Jan. 1884, aged 
83 yrs. 9 mos. 5 days. 

Dr. Abijah Wright died 17 April 1842, aged 52 years. 



128 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

WILLIAM RILEY WRIGHT, M. D., was a cousin to 
Joel. He was son of Capt. Jonathan and Sallie Wright, born 
in Strong, Dec. 15, 1816. His early life was spent on a farm. 
He was educated for his profession in a Medical School at 
Worcester, Mass. He moved to Durham in Sept., 1856, and 
resided there till his death, June 12, 1879. He married, Nov. 27, 
1839, Mary Hinkley Backus of Farmington. They had two 
children, Belle J., who became the wife of Samuel K. Gilman 
of Boston, Mass., and now resides in Farmington, Me. ; and Jo- 
siah Lister Wright, M. D., who was born in Farmington Dec. 22, 
1850, and has practiced medicine in Durham since 1884. Dr. 
William R. Wright was a man of cheerful and sunny disposition 
and one whom little children greatly loved. He was generous 
to an eminent degree, never pressing a claim against the poor 
or the unfortunate. The hungry were fed at his board and the 
homeless always found shelter under his roof. He was prom- 
inent in the establishment of the Acacia Lodge of Free Masons 
in Durham and was always a worker in that society. It may 
be truly said of him that he was "one who loved his fellow-men." 
His wife died Sept. 11, 1889. 






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HISTORICAL MISCELLANY I 29 

X. 

HISTORICAL MISCELLANY 

Many will remember the little round brick powder-house that 
stood not far from the old North Meeting House. It was 
built in 1812 by William Webster and Barnabas Strout. The 
cost was $70, and the builders were to "have the rocks on 
Wesson hill to underpin the same gratis." It formed part of the 
habitation of Deborah Parker when she was burned with it a 
score of years ago. The Pound near by was built by John 
Newell in 1821. 



The year 181 5 was known as the year without a summer. 
Snow fell every month. July 5, ice formed as thick as window - 
glass. Corn sold for two dollars per bushel. Many farmers 
became discouraged and resolved to emigrate to the far West, 
i. e., Ohio. It has been estimated that 15,000 people went out 
of Maine. They were said to have the "Ohio fever." May 5, 
1816 eleven emigrant wagons left West Durham, with as many 
families. Among them were families of Luther Plummer, John 
Ellis, Samuel Roberts, Eben Roberts, Daniel Roberts, James 
Roberts, Reuben Roberts. Others went in 1817. The Trues 
emigrated at this time to Indiana and N. Y. state. One of these 
emigrant trains was accompanied by sorrowing friends as far 
as the Pownal line. Here they halted. Hymns were sung and 
prayer was offered. So they parted, most of them to meet no 
more on earth. The journey occupied six weeks. 



It has been previously said that after the building of the 
North Meeting House town meetings were held in it. This 
continued till 1 840. Then some wanted to buy it and fit it up for 
a town hall. It was decided, however, to build a new hall. At 
a meeting held Nov. 9, 1840, it was voted "to set the Town 
House on Merrill W. Strout 's land, near the great Gully ;" that 
it " shall be thirty-six by forty feet square with ten feet posts and 
twenty-three feet rafters." Nov. 15, the report of the committee 



130 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

appointed to draw up a plan was heard, and it was voted to 
amend their report "by having three rows of seats on each side 
with a rise of eight inches from the back seat to the front ; " also 
"to have three aisles, one on each end and one in the middle 
of the house, two feet wide each." George Williams, Waitstill 
Webber and James Strout were chosen a committee to superin- 
tend the building of the house and the erection of the same was 
bid off at auction to the lowest bidder, William Newell, Jr., for 
three hundred and sixty-four dollars. 

This town house has been moved to S. W. Bend and has 
fallen very much into decay. I well remember the town 
meetings over thirty years ago. They were orderly assemblies 
and sometimes occasions for earnest debate over questions 
political and civil. People put on their Sunday clothes for town 
meetings. There were stands outside for sale of apples, candies, 
cider, gingerbread, etc. The boys had a game of ball. There 
was no smoking within the house. The place was clean and 
comfortable. Something of the reverence that belonged to the 
old meeting-place in the Church was shown also for the town 
house. I regret very much that a change for the worse has 
taken place. Durham needs a better town hall. Nobody can 
feel much respect for a dirty and dilapidated building, and there 
will be a corresponding disrespect for meetings held therein. It 
is to be lamented when citizens cease to hold in esteem and 
carefully guard places for the making and administration of law. 
Next to the church in the respectful conduct of citizens and 
youth should be the place of holding town meetings. To this 
end there must be at least needed repairs, cleanliness, good order 
and decorum. A new hall, well ventilated, with proper offices 
for ail town officials, with, also, a Library and reading-room, 
having their walls decorated with portraits of Durham's noble- 
men of the past, would be a blessing to coming generations. 
These lines are written with the hope that Durham, like other 
towns, may find a generous benefactor. Where is the man who 
will build such a memorial in his native town ? 

In the olden times alcoholic beverages were sold at every 
tavern and store, under a license system that dates back to early 
colonial days. Many sold without license. In 1840 one article 
in the town warrant was. " to see what method the town will 
take to put a stop to the immoral conduct of Rumselling." 



HISTORICAL MISCELLANY 131 

Jonathan Strout was chosen agent to put the law in force against 
those who were selling "ardent spirits to be drunk in their stores 
or shops without license." The old account books of store- 
keepers show that the best people of the town bought liquors 
frequently. They were considered necessary for laborers. Men 
could not be hired to go into the haying field, unless spirituous 
liquors were supplied. At every raising and "bee" the crowd 
must be treated. Between 1840 and 1850 good men began to 
recognize more distinctly the evil of all this. Some preachers 
had denounced rumselling and drinking and some temperance 
societies had been formed. Little progress had been made till 
1848, when Neal Dow gave three lectures in the Union Church. 
Directly afterward thirteen persons met one night in Esquire 
Simmons' law-office and organized a secret society called "The 
Temperance Watchman Club." Among the founders were Rev. 
I. C. Knowlton, Rev. Moses Hanscom, Esquire Simmons, 
Benjamin Hoyt, Albert Gerrish, James Wm. Gerrish, James H. 
Eveleth, Jonathan Libby and George W. Strout. This was the 
beginning of a great temperance revival throughout the State. 
Its motto was, "Temperance, Humanity and Progress." In 1851 
the Society had one hundred and twenty-two organized branches 
in Maine and nine in N. H., and it spread into other States. It 
soon put a stop to rumselling in Durham. March 4, 1850 the 
town voted " to instruct the Selectmen to prosecute all who sell 
liquors illegally." March 14, 1853 it was voted "to advise the 
Selectmen not to appoint an agent to sell spirituous liquors the 
ensuing year." Since that date there has been no open sale of 
liquor in Durham, nor has there been within the remembrance 
of the writer even a rumor that intoxicating liquors have been 
sold in town secretly. With very few exceptions the inhabitants 
of Durham have been total abstainers for half a century. To say 
of a man that he drinks, is to classify him with criminals. In 
1884 the town voted for the prohibitory amendment to the 
Constitution, 166 to 44. For thirty years or more there have 
been Good Templars' Lodges at S. W. Bend and So. Durham. 

Temperate habits have made law-abiding citizens. During 
the hundred years after Durham's incorporation only three 
persons were sent to State's Prison from the town, and one of 
these was a boy who seems to have had an unbalanced mind and 
horribly mutilated a playmate. 



132 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

Bears were common in the early days. Joshua Miller built a 
corn-barn in 1794, harvested his corn and returned to Cape 
Elizabeth to spend the winter. Soon word was sent to him that 
the bears were eating up his corn. He had to return and guard 
against them. The last bear that tradition mentions in Durham 
was seen by Rufus Warren, in 1815, near the Stone Mill Pond. 
He gave the alarm and everybody within the sound went for his 
gun. The bear was driven into the woods. A number of shots 
were tired at him without effect. He went up a leaning tree and 
hung his head over a branch and looked very saucy. Jeremiah 
Brown wanted to fire the first shot. He took a boulder, threw it 
and hit the bear in the head. This brought him down, maddened 
and crazy. Eben Roberts got a shot at him and broke his 
shoulder. After the bear was killed he was carried to the 
buildings of John Fabyan and dressed. 



In 1822 it was voted to give a bounty of five dollars on wild- 
cats' heads. It must have been about this time that Nathaniel 
Getchell was out in the woods one day cutting some withes 
when he saw a large nest up in the top of a big pine tree. 
Curiosity impelled him to climb up, and there he found four 
young wildcats. As he picked one of them up, it commenced to 
snarl and cry out. The mother heard the cry and started for the 
tree, screeching at every bound. She made a flying leap and 
struck the tree nearly twenty feet up the trunk, ripping and 
tearing the bark with her nails. To say that Getchell was 
frightened is putting it mild. There he was up the tree with no 
weapon, holding on for life and likely to lose it if he didn't let go. 
The maddened wildcat was close upon him. Not knowing what 
else to do, he seized one of the young ones and hurled it out as 
far as he could. It went shrieking through the air into the 
bushes. The old cat left the tree and flew to the aid of the 
squealing kitten. Taking it in her mouth she carried it away 
and hid it, then came bounding back to the tree. By this time 
Uncle Nat had learned military tactics. The same means of 
defense was adopted. The fourth time he slung the kitten as 
far as he possibly could. As soon as the old cat started down the 
tree, he started too in a lively manner, and his legs carried him 
home swiftly and safely. It is not recorded whether he ever got 
any bounty on those wildcats. 



HISTORICAL MISCELLANY 1 33 

It may not be known to some how near Durham came to 
having another Congressman. Joseph Reed, Senior, moved into 
Durham from Peak's Island before 1830. His wife was a Miss 
Brackett. Their children were Joseph, Thomas, William, 
Daniel, John and Emily. This family lived on the road leading 
from County Road past David Crockett's. Their house stood 
east of the brook still called the "Reed Brook." Thomas, 
the father of Hon. Thomas B. Reed, moved to Portland in 1839. 
How unfortunate for Thomas ! He might have been President 
ere this had he been born in Durham, one year later. 



Durham has always had an ear for music. There was no 
lack of fifers and drummers in the old days of militia-musters. 
Joshua Miller was famed as a drummer, being able to play with 
three sticks at once, keeping one stick constantly in the air. 
All the Miller family of West Durham were skilful musicians 
and James Henry Miller was for years leader of a Band in Lew- 
iston. Freeman Newell was an expert with the flute, also 
manufacturer of melodeons and keeper of a music store in 
Auburn. The leadership in music, however, was for many years 
accorded to Joseph G. Tyler who was born in Pownal and died 
in Durham 22 Oct. 1882, aged 68 yrs. His wife Esther J. died 
1 Mch. 1891, aged 72 yrs. His first Band was organized at 
Pownal Corner, about 1842-4, consisting of himself, William 
Miller, Z. K. Harmon, Lewis Whitney, Richard Dresser and 
Joseph Sawyer. They played extensively at Trainings. Musters, 
Anniversaries, etc. This organization was short-lived and was 
succeeded by the Durham Band, which continued over thirty 
years with Tyler at its head. The other earliest members were 
William Miller, Simon W. Miller, George Plummer, Miltimore 
Watts, Lewis Whitney, Z. K. Harmon and Joseph Sawyer. 
Later were added William Miller, Jr., James Henry Miller, 
Henry and Andrew G. Fitz, Mark, Rufus and John Waterhouse 
and Tyler's sons, Joseph and Irving. There was no better street 
band in the State. It was in demand at political rallies of all 
parties. The Fourth of July could not be celebrated in Andro- 
scoggin County without Durham Band. 

Tyler was also church chorister for several years and taught 
many terms of Singing School. He played skilfully the violin, 



134 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

bugle and clarionet. Mrs. Annie Louise Cary Raymond 
received her first musical instruction from him. 

The Band was out in full force at the Centennial. That 
was its last parade. Few of the old members are now living in 
town. 

Samuel Miller and Ralph Hascall are remembered by many 
as good teachers of Singing Schools. The most cultured musi- 
cian of Auburn, Prof. E. W. Hanscom, was born at S. W. Bend. 
He took lessons of Joseph Tyler when nine years of age. As an 
organist, composer and teacher his reputation is equalled by few 
in Maine. 



The Durham Agricultural Society was formed May 8, 1886. 
The first officers were : President, Charles W. Harding ; Vice- 
President, Charles H. Bliss; Secretary, J. L. Wright ; Treasurer, 
Marcus W. Eveleth ; Trustees, Rufus Parker, G. W. Keirstead, 
Alfred Lunt, William Stackpole, Arnold C. Morse and Samuel 
B. Libby. The town voted $200 to build a house for the exhibi- 
tion of agricultural produce, etc. The annual exhibit is as good 
in quality as any town can show. Durham has many good 
farms and long-headed farmers. When that Electric Railroad 
shall be built through it from Auburn to Yarmouth and so on 
to Portland, it will become the garden of Androscoggin County 
and a favorite place of residence for business men of the cities. 

It is a good town for stock-raising, as any one can see who 
attends one of the Annual Fairs. Here the big oxen drag away 
everything they can be hitched to. The sheep, once driven 
away by low tariff, are beginning to return. The fine butter 
indicates good Jersey cows and that the old-fashioned creamery 
is not yet out of date. The races call out good horses not only 
from Durham but also from distant towns. Liberal prizes are 
offered, and the usual excitement prevails. How people do like 
to see a struggle for mastery ! 

But the most attractive feature of the Fair is the people that 
visit it. It is an annual feast, when all the old residents who 
can -i) up to their Jerusalem. The whole town is there. Every- 
body shakes hands with everybody else. They talk over old 
times. The old renew their youth. The middle-aged find out 
what their neighbors have been doing: and have an eve to trade 



HISTORICAL MISCELLANY 1 35 

and future improvement. The young are just as fond of merri- 
ment and flirtation as they were thirty, fifty, a hundred years 
ago. Let the day be far distant when the Yankee farmer shall 
cease in Durham. The same enterprise with half the hard work 
the ancestors did will produce triple the comforts and luxuries 
of life that they enjoyed. With the many good things that Dur- 
ham is producing by improved methods of Agriculture let her 
continue to raise noble men and women, and perish the memory 
of any native who shall ever forget the old town. 



I36 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

XI. 

CENTENNIAL 

On the twenty-second day of August, 1889, was celebrated 
the one hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of Durham. 
A general committee, consisting of Charles W. Harding, Alfred 
Lunt, William H. Thomas, William P. Davis, Josiah H. 
Williams, David B. Strout and Z. K. Harmon, had made exten- 
sive preparations and issued about seven hundred printed 
invitations to old residents of the town. It was estimated that 
five thousand persons were in attendance. A big tent was set 
up on the Fair Grounds. The churches and houses at South 
West Bend were decorated. 

The day was ushered in by a salute of thirteen guns in honor 
of the original States. At 8 A. M. there was a Parade of Fantas- 
tics. After that the procession formed and moved to the Fair 
Grounds. Prescott R. Strout was Marshal, aided by Sherman 
Strout and George Sylvester. The Continental Band, consist- 
ing of bass drum, tenor drum and fife, led the procession. Then 
came the " String Bean " Military Escort, commanded by Capt. 
William D. Roak and Lieut. David Crockett, and composed of 
veterans, etc., with uniform and arms somewhat irregular. 
Next was the " Singing School," consisting of thirty young per- 
sons, who sang " Star Spangled Banner." Frank Hascall was 
chorister. A big carriage contained thirteen damsels in white, 
representing the original States, and twenty-nine little girls to 
answer for the later members of the Union. Following them was 
a team with five little girls in white in a huge floral basket, repre- 
senting the Territories. Next came a company of school boys 
in white caps and sashes, commanded by Elmer Randall. Then 
there was a mowing machine followed by two men with rusty 
old scythes. A hay-rake succeeded, and behind it was one of the 
old pattern made by John Vining in 1832, steered by his son, 
Edward R. Vining, while the horse was ridden by a grandson, 
Willis J. Vining. Silas Goddard & Sons made an exhibition of 



CENTENNIAL 1 37 

plows. W. P. Davis and Son had a cart, wherein was an anvil 
and a fire fanned by a bellows over a century old. A horse-shoe 
was made while the procession was moving. In another cart 
Joseph H. Davis, carriage-maker, put spokes into a wheel on 
the route. Durham Band rejuvenated furnished music. Old 
regimental flags floated over all. Citizens in carriages closed 
the procession. 

At 2 P. M. there was a Ball Game, followed by Potato Race, 
Egg and Spoon Race, 100 Yard Dash, Sack Race, etc. 

The Literary Program, which was interrupted for dinner, 
consisted of Music, Address of Welcome by the Rev. Edgar L. 
Warren, Prayer by the Rev. John Cobb, Song, " Home, Sweet 
Home," by Mrs. Ada Cary Sturgis. Then followed an address 
by the Hon. Nelson Dingley, Jr. Since it treated largely of 
historical matters it need not here be reproduced. One passage, 
however, so well states the old mode of living that it ought to be 
preserved. 

" If we could bring before us to-day the simple and frugal 
manner in which the first settlers of Durham were compelled to 
live, and compare it with the methods of living in this commu- 
nity at the present time, it would be a most impressive object 
lesson illustrating our progress in material prosperity. Picture 
to yourself the scattered log-cabins of the early settlers, with 
one room, as the common cooking, dining and living 
room, and another as the common sleeping room, each 
lighted by a single pane of glass, and warmed by one fire, 
without a carpet, easy chairs, or a single article of luxury, and 
you have the houses in which they lived. For food, rye took 
the place of flour bread ; and pork and beans or peas, or fried salt 
pork, or fish was the staple. Tea and coffee and sugar were 
used only on great occasions. For books, the Bible with some 
times another volume sufficed. Newspapers scarcely were 
known. In clothing, rough, ready-made clothes sufficed. In 
those days an organ or a piano in one of these houses would 
have astonished the town. Luxuries were unknown. Whatever 
was not grown on the cleared land or found in the forest was 
brought on the backs of horses through paths in the woods from 
Portland or Freeport. Money was scarce, and fifty cents per 
day was considered good wages. The poorest family in Dur- 
ham to-day has more luxuries and lives far better than the 
richest in those ' good old times.' " 



138 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

Dr. David B. Strout responded to the toast, the People of 
Durham. Z. K. Harmon read a biographical sketch of Col. 
Isaac Royall. The Rev. I. C. Knowlton told of the Progress of 
Temperance. Prof. Fred M. Warren spoke of the Musicians of 
Durham. Miss Duigin, granddaughter of Dr. John Converse, 
gave an original poem. In the afternoon there was an address 
by the Hon. William P. Frye. William D. Roak spoke for the 
Farmers of Durham. Lewis C. Robinson represented the 
Mechanics. The Rev. George Plummer told of the many min- 
isters born in Durham. The Hon. William H. Newell extolled 
the Teachers. Dr. Charles E. Williams had good words to say 
of the Physicians. The Rev. Wm. Shailer Hascall reviewed 
Durham's Missionaries. The singing of " America " closed the 
program. 

To recount the good stories told, the social reunions, the 
merriment, the hand-shaking with old acquaintances, the 
hospitality and enthusiasm would fill too many pages. The 
people of Durham love their native heath. The Centennial 
celebration was a great occasion. Many would like to see 
another. The poem is worthy of preservation and is here given 
in full. 

POEM. 

BY MISS ELIZABETH CONVERSE DURGIN. 
I. 

Wondrous spirit of the Past, 
Erst so shadowy and vast, 
For a little, fold thy wings, 
Be to us a friend that sings 
Mournful legends, ballads gay; 
Wafts with morning-breath away 
Mists that o'er the landscape lay: 
Tells, with tender voice and low, 
Stories quaint of long ago. 

Seventeen hundred and sixty-three ! 
Men were learning to be free. 
Grand old woods of Royalsboro' 
Guarded lands, where not a furrow 
Ere had cut through fern and moss, — 
Emblem of life's daily cross. 




A RUSTIC BRIDGE. 



CENTENNIAL 1 39 

Quivering leaves were whispering, 
Busy birds, poised on the wing, 
Heard, with flutterings of fear, 
Human footsteps drawing near. 

O ye wounded trees and riven! 
Special grace to you was given. 
Never yet such honor paid 
Druid worshiper in shade 
Of the mighty oaks of old 
As to you the woodman bold, 
When for sacrifice elected. 
You, that happy birds protected, 
Shuddering, fell beneath his blows, 
And our first log house arose. 

Sunbeams peeped to see the wonder, 
Breezes blew the leaves asunder, 
Touched three lads with soft caressing, 
Whispered tenderly a blessing. 
Merry echoes now rejoice, 
Mimicking each childish voice, 
Calling gayly to each other, 
Clearly ringing, "Father! Mother!" 

Through the sound of childish prattle 

Clashed the news of far-off battle. 

Goodman Gerrish paused and listened, 

Tears in Mary's sad eyes glistened, 

On her baby's face dropped down, 

First-born child of this fair town. 

Smile of babe or tears of wife 

Cannot keep him from the strife, 

Loyal heart and loyal life 

Bears he, where, midst fear and trembling, 

Patriots are for war assembling. 

How can tongue or pen relate 
How a woman learned to wait 
Days and weeks and months, while all 
Solemn, dark, and still, and tall, 



I40 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

Closed the forest trees around, 
In their tops a mournful sound, 
As of sobbing and of wailing, 
As of sorrow unavailing, 
While, within their shadows hiding, 
Haply, savage foe was gliding, 
Or the wild beasts, prowling near. 
Chilled her mother-heart with fear. 

Womanwise, her work she wrought, 
Grief and pain and hunger fought. 
Who in vain His word hath claimed, 
In whom, since the worlds were framed, 
Every fatherhood is named 
Who in woe of life or death, 
Like a mother comforteth ? 

Round that humble home, I ween, 
Trooped white angels, strong, unseen, 
Bearing answer to the prayer 
Of the brave, true woman there. 

Home at last her good man came, 

Fame makes music with his name; 

Tells how new homes rising round him 

Still a kindly father found him ; 

Sings how first his gentle grace 

Gave the dead a burial place. 

Broken by the cruel plough. 

Stone nor mound proclaims it now. 

Gone are Charles and William Gerrish, 
Yet their memory may not perish. 
This shall children's children cherish. 

II. 
When our grandfathers met in their newly-made town, 
The wisest, absorbed in a study most brown. 
The poet before whose entranced soul there flitted 
Rare, wonderful dreams, the most ready-witted, 
Could never, by study, or dream, or acumen, 
Forecasting the century's story, illumine 



CENTENNIAL I4I 

Its pathway, more wondrous than Israel trod, 
When through the Red Sea they went, following God. 

Nor could our dear grandmothers, young then and rosy, 

As, with hemlock-brooms swept they their living-rooms cosy, 

Or looked from their windows on blue fields of flax. 

And saw there incipient dresses and sacks, 

Or, noting the lambkins so playful and winning, 

Made housewifely plans for the next winter's spinning, 

These grandmothers, say I, so modest and sweet, 

Could never have guessed that the babes at their feet 

Would look upon miracles, calm-eyed, serene, 

Such as from the beginning had never been seen. 

Those were days of slow living and ponderous thought, 

Those first days of freedom, with blood and tears bought, 

When the home-returned soldier recounted, with pride, 

How many enlisted, what heroes had died, 

What battles were fought, and what wounds had been borne, 

What scars would, till death, for sweet glory be worn. 

Then over the baby his tall form he bent, 

To teach the dear name of the first president, 

And how thirteen stars on our banner were shining, 

While King George the Third on his throne was repining. 

Then the Bible was brought, and the chapter was read, 

And the prayer, in voice reverent and solemn, was said; 

And the stories of battle and music of psalm 

Seemed to blend in strange harmony under night's calm. 

There were schools for the youth, and demand for young birch, 
Law upheld the Gospel in the Orthodox church ; 
Where good Parson Herrick, high over his flock, 
Proclaimed our God's sovereignty— faith's firmest rock. 
And while children, restless like birds in a cage. 
Long to see the tall parson turn o'er the last page, 
The choir, in patience, the " Amen " expect, 
And turn to their places in "Watts and Select." 

But up from the groves of West Durham there rang 
The voices of many who shouted and sang, 



142 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

And, though crying, " Take heed lest ye fall from His grace," 
Declared that God's love every soul doth embrace ; 
O'er the preacher's rude stand the glory descended, 
And the prayer-incense rose ere the sermon was ended, 
And, wrapt into ecstasy, many a mourm.r 
Found Heaven begin at the Methodist Corner. 

As buildeth the wise man, so builded the Friends. 
When from lowering clouds the tempest descends, 
Firm standeth their meeting-house on a rock founded, 
By the beauty of God and His terrors surrounded. 
On First-day and Fifth-day, in silence and peace, 
Assembled the Quakers, bade worldly care cease ; 
There sat they together, and sought for the strength 
That through quiet and confidence cometh at length. 

"The children of Light" found the true light within, 
Through whose shining the kingdom of God they should win. 
In stillness of spirit, with no uttered word, 
They waited, that so the Lord's voice might be heard. 
In their hearts spake they often in hymn or in psalm. 
But truth broke through silence, zeal stirred under calm, 
God uttered His voice through man's lips, and, erelong, 
The deep inward melody burst into song. 

On, my muse, with thy verse! bid thy light feet trip faster! 
We must visit a moment the district school master. 
The boys and girls rise, as we enter the school, 
With bows and with curtseys, for this is the rule. 
The long class, with toes on a crack in the floor, 
Making much of their learning, with earnest gaze pore 
O'er the spelling-book's pages (Noah Webster's) and find 
Stories thrilling and stirring, with morals to bind. 

Then the parsing-class coolly, of guilt unaware, 

Dissect grand old Milton, discuss and compare, 

With their erudite master, their varied opinions, 

While he sits as a prince in the midst of his minions. 

The benches will bear on to distant posterity 

Names carved with sharp jack-knives, that worked with celerity. 

O mischievous fingers! you've learned since to wield 

The pen in the study, the sword in the field. 



CENTENNIAL 

At the parsonage-hearth a while let us linger; 
Parson Herrick's wife touches her lips with her finger, 
And points to where Jacob, absorbed in his sermon, 
Ponders on Christian oneness, — " like dew upon Hermon." 
The logs in the fire-place in splendor are blazing, 
The cats sit around on the flames gravely gazing; 
In the wide chimney-corner, with sad face averted, 
Mourns glorious-eyed Sally, her young life deserted. 

Elizabeth, plain of face, sweet with good-will. 

Must manifold duties with fleetness fulfill. 

Must churn, scrub and cook, must sew, spin and weave, 

And teach boys and girls what things to believe ; 

For on Saturday hears she the short catechism, 

To guard against heresy, darkness and schism. 

O maiden, so strong, so faithful, so true ! 

God give thee Heaven's sweetness after life's rue! 

The Doctor, who, cheerful, his "weary" way wends, 

Will stop for an instant to favor his friends, 

Show his store of strong drugs, whose most excellent quality 

Is enhanced when well mixed with his own fun and jollity. 

Ah ! many a babe has been born and grown up. 

Has drained to the dregs life's bitter-sweet cup, 

Since the " old doctor " laden with forty-three years. 

Found what life may be, without sickness or tears. 

The faces are fading; the quiet years vanish, 

The modern comes in the "good old times" to banish. 

Comes in with a wonderful shifting of scenes, 

With its mighty inventions, its many machines 

For sowing and mowing, for threshing and grinding, 

For reaping the fair grain, for gathering and binding. 

And that homes may be dearer, and tongues be less sharp, 

Forgetting in comfort to cavil and carp. 

When 'neath skillful labor the broad farms are greening, 

Wives and daughters by nature to poesy leaning, 

May feast eyes and souls on the beautiful scenery, 

Since aided in work by much art and machinery 

For sweeping and sewing, for washing and churning, 

Their drudgery well-nigh to luxury turning. 



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144 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

The boys travel far on the swift-rolling bicycle, 
And the glad girls, with grace, upon the safe tricycle. 

And how shall I tell of the marvels of steam ? 

(Did Durham refuse to learn, once, in a dream ?) 

Or how call to mind the great multiplicity 

Of those that are wrought on earth through electricity ? 

The many inventions that man has sought out 

Would have made even Solomon wonder, no doubt. 

I must crowd back the host that for mention assail me, 

Lest your patience, as well as the short time should fail me. 

O memory, gently thy sadder tones wake ! 

Lest their echoes too harshly on mourning hearts break. 

Bring but dimly before us the red battle-field ; 

Our eyes with the glories of victory shield. 

Creep softly, O myrtle ! Bloom brightly, O flowers ! 

Weave the story of life where the death-shadow lowers. 

They live, young forever, our heroes who fought, 

When traitors the life of our mother had sought. 

P"or freedom and peace, for our banner's new stars, 
For the rending of chains and the bursting of bars, 
For the increase of knowledge, the wealth of our nation, 
For eyes slowly opening to woman's true station, 
For the gathering in one of all things in our Lord, 
For the " new song " upswelling with growing accord, 
For our own quiet homes by our beautiful river, 
Now render we thanks to our Father, the Giver. 

in. 

My friends, let your fancy an English scene paint, 

And list to the story of Cuthbert, the Saint : — 

Saint Cuthbert, many centuries ago, 

Turned hermit on a distant, desert isle, 

Where he did strike, fresh springs began to flow, 

And fields of ripened grain gleamed like the smile 

Upon a face, where falls the peace of God, 

And blessings followed close where'er his footsteps trod. 

But the Death-angel called him into life, 
A happy soul, freed from his house of clay, 






CENTENNIAL 1 45 

No longer with himself in holy strife, 

He wears the Christian victor's crown alway. 

Over the seas, like eagles fierce for prey, 

Against the English came their Danish foes ; 

For Lindisfarne a dark and fateful day ! 

Her holy monks in grief and terror rose, 

And for Saint Cuthbert's body sought they safe repose. 

From place to place their weary flight they take, 

As, ever and anon, smites on the ear 

The sound of marching troops, they still forsake 

The last, until the waters of the Wear 

Mid sunny hills, low-murmuring they hear. 

Rest waits at last for him who fled from rest, 

And sought for toil and pain through many a year, 

Around Saint Cuthbert's shrine from east and west 

Have many pilgrims knelt, and deemed that they were blest. 

Around his shrine a beauteous city grew, 

With grand cathedral, convent, castle fair. 

With hanging gardens wonderful to view, 

Whose bright-hued flowers make fragrant all the air. 

There Learning holds an ancient seat, and Care ■ 

Meets Pleasure 'mid the rich and gay, and flies ; 

And Art and Nature vie together there, 

To charm the heart and to delight the eyes. 

So Durham on the Wear around a dead saint lies. 

Near where we are, a hundred years ago, 

A boy of five years 'mid the wild flowers played, 

Called unto sainthood, yet he could not know 

What burden on his spirit should be laid. 

No "open vision" made the lad afraid ; 

Nor, like the child of old whose name he bore, 

Heard he the living voice in evening's shade, 

Yet speeding vears came laden more and more 

With words divine that to his heart replied : 

The world is God's great field, my son ; the world is wide. 

No hermit's hut nor lonely cloister's cell 

That soul baptized with Heavenly fire could hold. 



146 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

He held God's rod ; up sprung salvation's well. 

("Sing ye to it," like Israel of old.) 

In far-off lands, 'mid sorrows manifold, 

He sowed the seed that grew to harvest white ; 

The sun of India pours its liquid gold 

Upon our Newell's grave ; he walks in light, 

A son, a saint, a conqueror, through God's great might. 

In dreamlike beauty sitteth Durham here, 

Where Androscoggin's waters softly glide, 

Yet sound her accents, wise and strong and clear, 

Through voices of her statesmen, far and wide 

Her sweetest singer parted from her side ; — 

A charmed world sat listening at her feet : 

The Christ has called, and eager men replied ; 

The echoing earth, Thy gospel shall repeat 

Till under Bethlehem's light, the adoring nations meet. 

To-day our pilgrims come from east and west, 

Not to a shrine that guardeth sacred dust, 

But to a home where tired children rest, 

Whose treasures bide, untouched by moth or rust ; 

And, far away, one whom we love and trust 

Turns from his books of theologic lore, 

And lets his heart stray hither as it must. 

To him, good angels, waft our greetings o'er 

To Florence, dearer for his sake, forevermore. 

A welcome give we to our brothers twain, 

Who, in a land far toward the rising sun, 

Have seen the "Light of Asia" pale and wane 

And many a victory of faith have won. 

To all who earnest faithful work have done, 

To "men of humble heart" (may they increase), 

To noble women who the great world shun, 

The music of those lives shall never cease, 

The closing century speaks its farewell word of peace. 



CENTENNIAL 1 47 

English Durham, without shame, 
We will claim thine ancient name. 
Here, perchance, good Isaac Royall, 
Who to England rested loyal, 
Stands invisible to-day 
Where the lights and shadows play 
On the fields he called his own. 
Now a century hath flown, 
Haply still his heart in twain, 
Loveth Durham o'er the main, 
And, our Durham, holding dear, 
Breathes a benediction here. 

Farewell, gracious, bounteous Past ! 
Lo, thy treasures hold we fast. 
Shadows round thy form are falling; 
Future centuries are calling. 



HISTORY OF DURHAM 



XII. 

GENEALOGICAL NOTES 

In the following chapter something is said about the oldest 
families of the town. Especial effort has been made to trace their 
origin and give chronological data concerning the generations 
past. It is hoped that this may furnish the basis on which the 
present generation may build such a family register as every per- 
son should be interested to possess. To know one's lineage is 
the first step in historical study. Often such knowledge is a 
powerful incentive to good and great deeds. It is regretted that 
the information in some cases is scanty. In other cases the 
Town Records contain no register of births, and living descend- 
ants have not interested themselves to furnish the desired infor- 
mation. Some readers will be surprised to learn whence their 
ancestors came to Durham. 

Absolute accuracy in dates is impossible. Often the Town 
Records have one date, the family register another, the tomb- 
stone a third. In such cases the date is given which has the 
strongest evidence. 

ADAMS. 

Andrew Adams was born in Gloucester, Mass., 31 Jan. 175 1 , 
m. 23 Feb. 1774, Ruth Lufkin of Gloucester, Mass., who was 
born the same day as her husband. They both died the same 
day in Durham, 16 June 1832. He bought, in 1794, lot 56 of 
Jeremiah Mitchell, and lived there. Their chidren, besides 
several who died young, were: 

Susannah b. 20 June 1778; m. Moses Haskel! of No. Yarmouth; d. 
12 Jan. 1864. 

Sarah b. 7 July 1780; d. Sept. 1843. Unm. 

•Mary b. 1 Oct. 1786; m. 23 Dec. 1806 Daniel Sutherland of Lisbon; 
d. 30 May 1826. 

Dorcas b. 27 Feb. 1789; m. James Wagg of Parkman. 

Andrew Jr b. 27 April 1792; m. 31 July 1823 Dorcas Mann of Pownal; 
d. in Pownal 29 Oct. 1863. 6 ch. one of whom is John Q. Adams of 
Lisbon Falls. 

Jane b. 22 Oct. 1794; m. 181S Joshua Douglas; d. 24 Feb. 1838. 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES 1 49 

AYERS. 
Ebenezer Avers was last taxed in 1799. The following 
children are recorded : 

Richard b. 28 Nov. 1788; John b. 18 Aug. 1790. 
Isaiah b. 28 April 1792; Elizabeth b. 5 Aug. 1794. 
Hannah b. 3 Sept. 1796. 

BAGLEY. 

All the Bagleys of Durham were descended from Orlando 
Bagley of Salisbury, Mass., who married, 6 Oct. 1654, Sarah 
Colby. Their son Orlando m. (1) 22 Dec. 1681, Sarah Sargent; 
(2) 25 Mch. 1704, Sarah Annis. Orlando 3d was born 14 Dec. 
1682; m. 13 Feb. 1706 Dorothy Harvey, and d. 3 May, 1756. 
He was Town Clerk of Amesbury, Mass.. forty-two years, Select- 
man and Trial Justice. He had several children, one of whom 
was Col. Jonathan Bagley. (See p. 10.) Another was Thomas 
Bagley, born 18 Jan. 1723. He m. 22 Jan. 1747 Ruth, probably 
<lau. of Israel and Susannah Webster. Their children were 
Israel, Thomas, Philip, Sarah, Enoch, Dorothy and Susanna. 
Ensign Thomas Bagley died 15 Sept. 1771 , aged 49 yrs. So his 
tombstone in Amesbury declares. 

O. Israel Bagley, son of Thomas and Ruth (Webster) Bagley, 
was born at Amesbury, Mass., 5 Nov. 1747. (The Records at 
Amesbury, say 25 Oct.) He m. 21 April 1768 Mary Snow, who 
was born at Kingstown, N. H., 19 May. 1747. He died 22 Aug. 
1797 at Savannah. See p. 16. 

Mary b. in Salisbury, Mass., 22 Nov. 1768; m. 1 Mch. 1787 Edward 
Fifield. 

Betsey b. in Salisbury 26 April 1770: m. 21 April 1794 Reuben Dyer. 

Hannah b. in Royalsborough 14 June 1773; m. Enoch Newell. 

Susannah b. 9 Mch. 1777; m. 13 Oct. 1797 Francis Harmon. 

Thomas m. 22 Mch. 1801 Susannah Gerrish. He moved to Troy, Me. 
Had a large family. Only three of his children are recorded in Durham. 
O. Israel b. 19 Sept. 1801 ; Joseph Mitchell b. 16 March 1803; and 
George Gerrish b. 20 Jan. 180.5. 

Enoch, brother of O. Israel Bagley. was born in 1756, in 
Amesbury, Mass. So. Hampton Records say that he married, 
5 April 1781. Miriam Hoyt. They had eight ch. born in Dur- 
ham. The familv moved to Troy, Me., between 1797 and 1802. 



150 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

He died in Troy 30 Nov. 1842. His wife, born 1762, died 19 
July 1844. 

Jonathan b. 8 June 1782; m. 4 Oct. 1804 Eunice Reed of Pownal. 
He died 8 Mch. 1881. 7 ch. 

Enoch Jr. b. 1788: m. Rachel Reed, sister to Eunice; d. 16 Feb. 1864. 

Ruth b. 1790; m. John Work of Winthrop; d. 19 Dec. 1831. 

Israel b. 1793; m. Lois Rogers (2) Azuba Gerrish; d. 27 Mch. 1868. 

Thomas b. 1797; m. Fairbanks; d. 18 Oct. 1877. 

Reuben b. 1802; m. Sarah ; d. 11 May 1892. 

Moses b. 1798; m. (1) Getchell (2) Mrs. Spencer; d. 12 

Sept. 1869. 

Sally b. 1805; in. Chas. Smith of Readfield; d. 24 Oct. 1882. 

BAKER. 
Dr. Symonds Baker was one of the first settled physicians of 
Durham. He was there certainly as early as 1798. He married 
(1) 26 Aug. 1796, Jane Gerrish; (2) Mary Booker. He built and 
lived in the house which is now the hotel at S. W. Bend. He 
came from Lisbon and returned there, dying 13 Mch. 1847. 

Symonds William b. 18 Nov. 1799. M. D. at Bowdoin College 1824; 
m. Betsey Weeman 9 April 1737. Practiced medicine at Windham, Me., 
and Austin, Tex. Died 2 Mch. 1888. 

Maria Fletcher b. 7 July 1801 ; d. 29 Nov. 1805. 

Martha b. 29 July 1803; Thomas b. 17 Nov. 1805. 

Joseph b. 20 Feb. 1808; Azor b. 3 July 1810. 

BEAL. 

The American ancestor of the Beal family was Joseph Beal. 
who came with Capt. Mason to Portsmouth, N. H., in 163 1. His 
son Arthur had a son William. William, Jr., married 6 Dec. 
1719, Elizabeth Benson of Portsmouth. Their children were 
Joseph, Sarah, William 3d, Elizabeth, Jane. Samuel, Obadiah, 
Jonathan, Mary, Richard, John and Lydia. 

Jonathan, born 22 Mch. 1737. married 31 Oct. 1760 Mary 
Joy of Berwick. Their children were Joanna, Sarah, Mary, 
Jonathan Jr., Patience, Elizabeth, Samuel, Lydia, William, 
Thomas and Mary. 

Jonathan Beal, Jr., was born in Bath 13 Jan. 1767. He 
married 16 Jan. 1792 Lucy Doughty of Topsham, who was born 
on Great Island, Harpswell, 16 Aug. 1768. They settled in 
Durham with Jonathan Senr., on lot 61, about 1790. Jonathan 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES I 5 I 

Senr. moved to Monmouth about 1810, where he died. Jona- 
than Jr. died in Durham 13 Jan. 1847. His wife died 17 Jan. 
1844. His family was as follows : 

Hannah b. 14 Nov. 1792; m. 8 Oct. 1812 John Knight; d. 6 Nov. 1870. 

Joseph b. 17 July 1794. m. 24 Feb. 1820 Elizabeth Booker of Bowdoin; 
d. 15 Aug. 1845. Ch. Daniel B. b. 5 Dec. 1820; Mary B. b. 23 June 1827; 
Joseph O. b. 25 Nov. 1834. 

Stephen b. 17 Mch. 1796; m. 1818 Charlotte C. Goold of Lisbon; d. 

26 April 1835. Ch. Ann, Moses, William, Mary E., Stephen, Sophronia, 
Charles and Charlotte. 

William b. 14 Mch. 1798; m. 17 May 1820 Sarah Getchell; d. 17 
Mch. 1865. Ch. J. Frank b. 11 Nov. 1854; Elisha W. b. I Oct. 1856; J. 
Lewis b. 6 Mch. 1S58. 

Jane b. 6 Jan. 1800; d. 4 Jan. 1801. 

Ephraim b. 11 Sept. 1801 ; m. Mary Hatch of Levviston; d. 10 April 
1861. Ch. Bradford W., Leonard H., Benjamin R., Hannah, Harriet, 
Mary J., Jonathan, Benson, George D., James P., and Lucy. 

Benson b. 13 April 1803; d. 7 Oct. 1825. 

Elisha b. 27 Dec. 1804; in. 11 May 1830 Isabel Booker; d. 25 Dec. 
1895. Ch. Emily J., and Horace M. 

Jonathan b. 16 Sept. 1807. 

Lucy b. 28 July 1812; m. Joshua Douglas. 

Horace M. Beal, son of Elisha, married Mary C. Small of 
Bowdoin and lives on the old homestead. They have two 
children. 

Olin R. b. 15 Feb. 1869. 

Melie M. b. 14 July 1872. 

BLETHEN. 

Tradition says that John Blethen was born at Small Point, 
Phippsburg, and was in the garrison house at the age of 
four years when the Indians attacked it in 1722. A brother 
James m. 1757 Miriam Day of Georgetown and settled in Cape 
Elizabeth. Another brother Increase is said to have settled in 
Phillips, but this may have been a son. 

John Blethen is accredited with three wives, and twenty-seven 
children by first two marriages. His first wife's name is 
unknown. He m. (2) 1763. Dorcas Getchell of Brunswick; (3) 

27 Aug. 1789, Hannah Hibbard of Durham. He bought lot 
12 in 1770, afterward moved to Lisbon and died there at the 
house of his daughter Hannah, who m. 1790, William Green. 
He also had children. Reuben m. 28 Nov. 1799 Ruth Curtis, of 
Little River; Job of Lisbon; Jonathan; Increase; John m. 



152 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

5 Sept. 1794 Sally Pomroy and lived in Lisbon; James; Simeon; 
and David, d. young. The following were probably his daugh- 
ters, Miriam m. 6 Dec. 1781 Nathaniel Getchell ; Wealthy, m. 
Josiah Day; Joanna, m. 9 April 1808 James Estes ; Dorcas m. 
Edsel Webber; Phebe m. 1770, Charles Gerrish ; Polly m. 

1795 Josiah True: Axil, m. ■ Rideout ; and Rhoda in. 

26 Dec. 1785 Simeon Kimball. 

James, son of John Blethen, married Longlev and 

lived in Durham as a farmer on lot 62. 

John b. 6 Sept. 1789; m. (1) Rebecca Blethen who died 7 Jan. 1832, 
aged 36 yrs. (2) 30 Mch. 1834 Mary, dau. of John and Mercy (.Dain) 
Blake, who was born 17 Dec. 1787. He died 3 April 1870. 

James b. 14 April 1791; m. Hacker. They had one son. 

Sarah b. 2 Feb. 1793; m. 17 Nov. 1812 Thomas Cotton of Lisbon. 

Andrew b. 2 Jan. 1795; m. (Int. Rec. 12 Jan. 1820) Arzilla Gerrish. 
He was a Free Baptist minister. Lived in Foxcroft. 

Reuben b. 14 Sept. 1797; m. 6 April 1820 Thankful Day. 

Abigail b. 14 July 1799; m. Benj. Peterson of Lisbon. 

Isaac b. 30 June 1801 ; settled in Dover, Me. Seven sons and two 
daus. 

George b. 28 July 1804; m. 13 April 1826 Ruth Booker of Durham. 

Mary m. (1) 17 April 1831 John Stoddard of Lisbon (2) Joshua Rob- 
inson (3) Wm. Young. 

Simeon Blethen, son of John, married 25 Dec. 1805, Dolly 
Strout. Lived in So. Danville, where Dea. Wm. Dingley lately 
lived. He died 25 Oct. 1846, aged 65 yrs. His wife died 2" 
May, 1849, a g e< 3 65. 

Asenath b. 8 Sept. 1805; m. Bradbury Merrill, moved to Dover, Me. 
Joshua b. 5 Aug. 1807; drowned in Florida 9 Jan. 1846. 
John b. 4 Mch. 1810; ra. 30 Mch. 1834 Mary D. Blake of Durham. 
Betsey b. 13 July 1812; m. 4 Dec. 1834 James Dingley. 
Maria b. 9 July 1814: m. 16 Mch. 1837 Wm. Dingley; d. June 1898. 
Dolly b. 14 Nov. 1816; m. 30 Mch. 1837 Jason Pettengill; d. 4 
Mch. 1897. , 

Abigail b. 8 April 1821; m. Increase N. Kimball. 

Julia Ann b. 17 Sept. 1823; m. Capt. Christopher Kilby; d. 2 May 1852. 

Simeon Jr. b. 27 May i8j6; lived in Danville; d. 12 June 1862. 

BLISS. 

The name of the first American ancestor of the Bliss family 

of Durham was Elias. His son Samuel was born at Columbia, 

Conn., in 1758 and died in 1834. He was with his father at 

Valley Forge, his father being a Captain in the Army. He mar- 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES I 53 

ried, in 1780, Sarah Loomis, and had eleven children, of whom 
three lived in Durham, viz. Sophia b. g June 1790, d. 25 April 
1845; Achsah b. 3 Jan. 1793, d. 30 May 1886; and Charles b. at 
Columbia, Conn., 1800, d. at Durham in 1873. The latter moved 
to Durham in 1836 and bought the old O. Israel Baglev farm. 
The house is the oldest one in Durham, and is still a fine build- 
ing of heavy timbers and curious finish. 

Charles Bliss m. (1) 1825, Mary Webster of Conn. She died 
13 Oct. 1833, leaving two daughters. 

Clarinda b. 16 Aug. 1826; m. Wm. B. Thomas of Durham. 
Martha b. n April 1829; d. 15 Sept. 1848. 

He married (2) 1843, Lydia E. Cox of Brunswick who was 
born 29 Sept. 1814 and died 13 Oct. 1896. They had four 
children. 

Mary R. b. 1 Nov. 1844; d. 15 July 1856. 

Charles O. b. 9 July 1846; d. 16 Jan. 1847. 

Harriet S. b. 13 Mch. 1848; d. 3 Aug. 1852. 

Charles H. b. 28 Aug. 1850; m. 6 April 1873 Etta L. Tracy, b. at 
Durham 3 June 1853. Lives on the homestead. Eight children. The 
first two died in infancy. Henry P. b. 13 Oct. 1875; Charles Fred b. 10 
Feb. 1878; George Warren b. 20 Oct. 1879; Emma Tracy b. 17 Mch. 1883; 
Mary Fannie b. 31 Oct. 1885; Louisa Loring b. 28 Feb. and d. 9 Nov. 1892. 

BOOKER. 
John Booker came from England to York, Me., about 1707. 
He married Hester Adams of York, and had eight children, of 
whom James was born 18 Dec. 1723. He married Mercy Young, 
dau. of Benaiah Young, 11 Nov. 1747, and settled in Harpswell. 
They had eleven children, of whom Daniel was born 25 Feb. 1760. 
He married 12 May 1782, Mary Douglas. Their oldest son 
James was born in Harpswell 15 Sept. 1783. He married (1) 
Patience Dinslow ; (2) Lydia Getchell. Settled in Durham as 
a farmer, where he died 2 April 1867. His first wife was born 
6 April 1788 and died 30 Jan. 1826. His second wife, born 24 
July 1795, died 24 Oct. 1870. 12 ch. 

Isaac b. 3 May 1808; m. Hannah Harding; d. 27 May 1868. 
Isabel b. 15 Nov. 1810: m. Elisha Beal; d. 23 June 1881. 
William b. 21 Dec. 1812; m. (1) Hattie Dunning; (2) Martha Jones; 
d. 9 Mch. 18S1. 

Jane b. 21 Mch. 1816; m. Luther Storer of Bath; d. 11 Feb. 1891. 
Washington b. 4 Oct. 1818; m. Sarah Owen; d. 8 Aug. 1890. 



154 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

Rachel b. 6 April 1822; Unm.; d. 7 Mch. 1892. 

James B. b. 23 Jan. 1826; m. (1) Abigail Coombs; (2) Widow Walker. 
Isaiah b. 26 Mch. 1828; Unm.; d. in Iowa 5 Nov. 1891. 
Israel b. 18 Jan. 1830; Unm.; d. 23 April 1855. 

Albert b. 6 Sept. 1832; m. Lydia E. Hayes. One son, Eugene L. 
Lives in Durham. 

Marcia b. 2 Sept. 1837; d. 29 Jan. 1855. 

Harriet b. 6 Jan. 1840; m. Oliver P. Snow; d. 4 Aug. 1876. 

The James and Mercy (Young) Booker mentioned above had 
a son James born in Harpswell 25 Dec. 1748. He married 23 
Aug. 1792 Catherine Adams and had seven children, of whom the 
oldest was Daniel, born in Harpswell 21 March 1793. He settled 
in Durham about 1815 and spent fifty years there as a farmer. He 
married in 1816 Lorania Hacker of Brunswick. His second wife 
was Rhoda Graves, whom he married about 1825. She died in 
1840. His third wife was Mary Farr Alexander, m. 1841, d. 
Aug. 17, 1873. He died at Lisbon Falls, 3 May 1880. Three 
ch. by 1st marriage. 

Harriet b. 7 Oct. 1819; d. 15 Nov. 1819. 
Octavia b. 11 Nov. 1820; d. 11 Nov. 1841. 
Mercy b. 4 Mch. 1823; m. Rev. George A. Crawford. 

Five ch. by 2d marriage. 

Alfred James b. 14 Jan. 1826; m. Mary Ann Woodard. 
Emery b. 1 July 1828; m. Elizabeth Woodard. 

Lorania Hacker b. 20 Sept. 1830; m. James S. Campbell. Deceased. 
Daniel Alvah b. 8 Oct. 1832; m. (1) Nementhis Loring; (2) Emma 
Swift. 

Jeremiah Hacker, b. 15 Aug. 1834. Deceased. 

Five ch. by 3d marriage. 

Mary Eliza b. 24 Oct. 1842; m. Wm. M. Hickok. 
Ausbon b. 8 Nov. 1846; m. Josephine S. Bessie. 
Melissa Ann b. 11 Nov. 1848; m. Wm. L. Witham. 
Arthur Wilder b. 15 Feb. 1852; m. Mary Ella Libby. Deceased. 
Chester Herman b. 8 Jan. 1855; m. Rachel Murray. 

James, son of James and Catherine (Adams) Booker, before 
named, was born 8 Oct. 1798; m. 28 Nov. 1824, Emily, dan. of 
Thomas Pierce, Esq.; d. 25 June 1882. They lived in Durham 
and Lisbon. 

Ira P. b. 28 Nov. 1832; m. 21 Nov. 1855 Clara W. Whittemore. Res. 
Brunswick. 

Laura A. b. 31 June 1827; m. 4 Jan. 1851 Edmund Berry of Lisbon 
Falls. 





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GENEALOGICAL NOTES I 55 

BOWIE. 

George Bowie came from Scotland with a brother Alexander. 
He was a Revolutionary soldier. He married in Cape Elizabeth, 
20 Dec. 1775, Rachel Strout and had children, George, Frank, 
Alexander, James, David, Nathaniel and Jane. He was drowned 
about 1793. Of his children Frank had daus. Betsey and 
Rachel ; Alexander d. s. p. ; James was imprisoned at Halifax in 
War of 1812, escaped, married in Nova Scotia and had several 
children there ; Nathaniel had children, Alexander, James, 
Nathaniel and Rhoda. 

George Bowie Jr. was born at Cape Elizabeth 12 Dec. 1777. 
He came to Durham before 1800 and settled on the east end of 
lot in. He married Betsey Stoddard, who was born at Charles- 
lown, Mass., 12 Dec. 1777 and d. 22 Sept. 1856. He died 2 April 
1863. Their children were : 

Arnold S. b. 20 July 1800; m. 1822 Deborah Ames; (2) 31 Mch. 1833 
Jane Ridlon. 

Abel S. b. 16 July 1802; m. 1827 Rebecca Nichols; d. in Portland 16 
Feb. 1874. 

David b. 13 July 1804. See below. 

Daniel b. 24 June 1806; ra. 16 Mch. 1837 Susan Turner; d. 4 June 
1886. Had ch. Daniel, Charles M., William H., d. 9 Mch. 1875, Mary J., 
Willard, Sidney and Emily. 

Eliza b. 18 Aug. 1808; m. David Farr; d. 5 May 1861. 

George 3d b. 16 July 1811; m. 11 Sept. 1831 Caroline Hunnewell. 
Had ch. Geo. Wesley, Edward T., Emerson, Melvin, Alonzo, James, and 
Eliza. 

David Bowie, bom 13 July 1804, m. 1830, Betsey, dau. of 
William and Avis (Cushing) Mitchell, and spent his entire life 
on the homestead, as a farmer. He died 27 May 1884. He 
served on the Board of Selectmen and as an officer in the militia, 
and was a useful and respected citizen. See portrait. His wife 
died 30 March 1898. Their children were : 

Ivory b. 8 Jan. 1831; m. Cordelia F. Parker. Res. Auburn. 
George W. b. 9 Oct. 1832; d. 3 June 1857. 
James C. b. 16 Jan. 1834; d. 7 Oct. 1853. 
Ellen b. 2 Nov. 1836; d. 27 April 1838. 
Susan C. b. 5 Oct. 1838; m. Frank Bowie. 

Royal b. 13 Dec. 1840; m. 24 Oct. 1872 Roxana Hilton. Res. Lisbon 
Falls. 

Rachel b. 19 Aug. 1842; m. Lewis C. Robinson. 



I56 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

Cyrus S. b. 8 Nov. 1844; d. 30 Sept. 1866. 

Leroy S. b. 21 Sept. 1848; m 5 April 1875 Sabi'e E. Sylvester. Lives 
on the home farm and has five children. 

David, son of George and Rachel (Strout) Bowie, was born 
in March, 1787. He had the only public bakery Durham ever 
had. He m. 19 Dec. 181 1 Nancy Ann Becket. He died in 
Danville 17 Dec. i860. His wife died 3 Jan. 1854, aged 70 yrs. 
10 mos. They had children : 

David R. See below. 

Robert S. b. 14 Oct. 1818; m. 8 Nov. 1838 Mrs. Ann L., widow of 
Theophilus Miller. Has a son and two daughters. Res. Lisbon Falls. 
Has been since 1842 a licensed preacher in the Methodist and Free Bap- 
tist churches. 

Sarah, m. 17 May 1840 Wm. Wagg; lives in Lisbon. 

Pamelia, m. Charles Robinson. 

David R., son of David Bowie, was born in Durham 31 May 
1810; m. Betsey F., adopted dau. of Dea. Christopher Tracy. 
He lived on lot 113 Moved to Phippsburg where his wife died 
about 1868. He married the second time and is still living. 

Elkanah b. 2s June 1837; d. 27 Mch. 1841. 
Francis W. b. 31 Mch. 1839. 
Greenfield H. b. 2 Oct. 1840. See p. 72. 
Elkanah W. b. 28 Dec. 1842; d. 21 June 1843. 
Geraldine H. b. 28 Feb. 1845. 
Josephine H. b. 10 Aug. 1848. 
Elergene b. 20 Mch. 1855; d. 1897. 

BRAGDON. 

There were several families of this name, but the records are 
scant\ . Ebenezer, Ephraim, John and Jonathan Bragdon were 
taxed in 1799. Josiah, Gideon, and David appear before 1810. 
Ephraim and Gideon were brothers. 

Ephraim came from Scarborough. He married Abigail 
Hunnewell in Durham. Intentions recorded 15 April 1797. He 
lived near Parker Hill. Died 22 Sept. 1849, aged // yrs. 

Dennis d. in Savannah at early age, leaving wife and child. 

Jane m. 13 Sept. 1840 Abram Libby of Freedom. 

Mary m. Robert Knight. Lived in Portland. 

Eliza m. John Bragdon of Durham. 

Gideon b. 6 Oct. 1804; m. Susan Staples of Freeport; d. 19 Feb. 1863. 

Dorcas, Unm. 

Elijah m. 1835 Hannah Libby of Freedom. 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES I 57 

Patience m. Seward Hunnewell. 
Abigail m. Luther Shaw of Portland. 
Eleanor, Unm. 

Ebenezer Bragdon was born at York 6 May 1766. He mar- 
ried Huldah, dan. of Judah Chandler. The birth of one son is 
recorded, George, b. 7 Mch. 1796. George Bragdon m. 19 Mch. 
1815 Nancy Turner. 

BURNHAM. 

John Burnham, grandson of John the emigrant, was born 
in 1738 and settled on Falmouth Neck in 1760. He was a cooper. 
Built the first wharf in Portland. Was on the committee for 
formation of the Constitution of Mass. Married 1 April 
1762 Abigail Stickney and had eight sons and five daughters. 
Died 29 July 1798. 

His son, Josiah Burnham, was born 23 Jan. 1770, in Fal- 
mouth. He moved to Durham before 1793 and settled on the 
lower County Road. Farmer and cooper. He was Justice of 
Peace and Representative to General Court in 1803 and 1809. 
Served as Selectman twelve years. He returned to Portland in 
1834 and died there 5 Aug. 1843. Was married four times. His 
first wife was Lucy Berry of Westbrook, by whom he had three 
sons and two daughters. She died in 1808, aged 45 yrs. He m. 
(2) Oct. 1808, Phebe Bishop of Freeport. His third wife was 
Ellen Jameson, and his fourth, Mary Baker of Portland. Eight 
children : 

John b. 22 July 1797; m. 1823 Louisa Soule of Freeport. 

Josiah b. 14 April 1799. 

George b. 20 Aug. 1801 ; m. 1828 Margaret Burr of Freeport. Moved 
to Portland in 1825. Was forty-four years inspector of fish. Died 10 
Oct. 1884. His wife b. May. 1807, d. 25 Mch. 1885. Ch. Margaret B., 
George, Perez B., Josiah and John E., all of Portland. 

Harriet b. 14 Jan. 1805; m. Sept. 1825 Alfred Soule of Pownal. 

Lucy b. 24 Feb. 1807; m. 4 Nov. 1826 Perez Burr of Freeport. 

Phebe Bishop b. 21 Mch. 1814. 

Eleanor Jameson b. 10 Dec. 1815; m. Arnold Burrows of Charles- 
town, Mass. 

CARY. 
Nelson Howard Gary, son of Simeon, was born in Bridg- 
water, Mass. 5 Jan. 1807. He was descended from John Gary 
of Somerset, Eng., who came to America in 1634. See Hist, of 
Bridgewater. He graduated at the Medical School of Bowdoin 



I58 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

College in 1828; married 13 Sept. 1829 Maria, dau. of William 
R. and Olive (True) Stockbridge of Yarmouth, who was born 
1 Aug. 1806 and died in 1850. They were married at the Bap- 
tist Meeting House in Yarmouth. He practiced medicine suc- 
cessively in Gorham, Wayne, and Durham. He married (2.) 
1852, Julia Warren of Durham. He died in Durham 10 April 
1877. 

His three sons were members of the 13th Regt. of Mass. 
Vols, in the Rebellion. Samuel was taken prisoner at the battle 
of Gettysburg and was twenty-one months in rebel prisons. 
Annie Louise Cary became the famous contralto. I remember 
in my childhood of hearing her sing in the choir of the Union 
church at S. W. Bend. She was thought then to possess a 
good strong voice, but most people can not tell diamond till it 
is polished. I remember, too, to have secured her services at 
the Commencement Concert at the time of my graduation at 
Bowdoin College in 1871, and I still preserve her autograph 
receipt for $250 paid. This was her first appearance in Maine 
as a singer, after her reputation had been established abroad 
and at home. Special trains were run for that Concert from Bath 
and from Lewiston. There was a crowded and delighted house. 
Miss Cary's encores of old familiar songs produced the greatest 
applause. The cultured were satisfied ; the uncritical were 
charmed. Since a long sketch of her musical career has 
recently been published in the History of Wayne, her native 
town, I need say no more here. Her sister, Mrs. Ada Sturgis, 
became a singer of no mean reputation. 

The following is Dr. Cary's family. 

William H. b. 24 Aug. 1830. 

Joseph S. b. 16 May 1832; m. Flora E. Harlow; d. s. p. in Boston 25 
April 1877. 

Marcia A. b. 23 May 1834; m. 26 Jan. 1855 John Cushing Merrill; d. 
20 June 1897. 

Ellen M. b. 11 Oct. 1837; m. (1) 15 Nov. 1855 John Q. Warren: (2) 
the Rev. W. H. Haskell, now of West Falmouth. 

Samuel G. b. 25 Dec. 1839; m. 11 April 1871 Catherine Lanning of 
Boston. One child, Annie Louise, b. 12 May 1872. 

Annie Louise b. 22 Oct. 1842; m. 29 June 1882 Charles Monson 
Raymond, of New York. 

Ada was the only child by Dr. Cary's second marriage. She married 
Mr. Sturgis. 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES I 59 

CHANDLER. 
Judah Chandler (See Biog. Sketch) married (1) Martha Sea- 
bury; (2) Rebecca Seabury. They had at least nine children, 
eight of whom are recorded in North Yarmouth. 

Mary Johnson b. Oct. 25, 1745; Edmond b. Jan. 7 1747; John 
b. Feb. 4, 1748, d. in Rev. Army in 1778; Jonathan, b. Dec. 24, 1750; 
Mercy b. April 4. 1754; Abigail b. Sept. 23 1756; Dorcas b. Oct. 28, 
1758, m. April 1, 1784 Isaac Davis; Huldah b. Feb. 9, 1861, m. (Int. Rec. 
Dec. 1, 1787) Eben Bragdon; Sarah bap. June 28, 1767, m. Nov. 21, 178.5 
William Blake and moved to Ohio.* 

CLOUGH. 
Samuel Clough came from Berwick. He married Sarah, dau. 
of Caleb Estes and settled on lot 16 in 1771. His will, made 10 
Jan. 1799, mentions children Anne, Isaac, Joshua, Abigail, Tabi- 
tha, Patience, Esther, Isaiah, Elizabeth and Jeremiah. Isaiah 
married Mary Haskell and settled in Litchfield. For his family 
see History of that town. Tabitha married Ebenezer Bailey. 
It has been impossible to get full records of this family. 

COLLINS. 
Benjamin Collins came from England, settled in Salisbury, 
Aiass., and married Martha, dau. of John Eaton of that town in 
1668. His oldest son John, born in 1673, married before 1695 

Elizabeth . Their son Tristram of Hampton Falls, 

N. H., married Judith and had a son Samuel who 

married 3 Jan. 1759 Hannah, dau. of John and Patience Dow of 
Kensington, N. H. They lived in Weare, N. H., till about 1780, 
when they moved to Durham and settled on lot 15. He brought 
his family with four oxen, and seventeen hundred Spanish milled 
dollars in saddle-bags on his horse. The children were: 

Mary, m. 8 Aug. 1787 at Harpswell Joseph Spaulding and lived in 
Dixmont; Patience, d. unm. at age of 85 yrs; John, ra. Hannah God- 
dard; Esther, b. 17 Feb. 1770; m. 4 May 1797 Edward Douglas, settled 
in Brunswick; d. in Dover, Me. abt 1875, aged 97 yrs; Paul, m. Mary 
Winslow, settled in Litchfield, d. at age of 93 yrs; JupiTH, m. 14 Mch. 
1791 John Douglas, lived in Brunswick, d. at age of 76 yrs; Betsey, 

m. Bryant, remained in Weare, N. H.; Hannah, m. Marmaduke 

Gifford, lived in Fairfield, d. at age of 80 yrs; Lydia, m. Joslyn Allen of 

*For Genealogy of Chandler Family see Old Times in North Yar- 
mouth, p. 1098, and History of Duxbury, p. 242. 



l6o HISTORY OF DURHAM 

Durham; Abijah, m. Dolly Jones; Huldah, unm. d. 22 Dec. i860, aged 
83 yrs. 8 mos. 

John, son of Samuel and Hannah (Dow) Collins, was born 
14 Aug. 1765 and died in Durham 29 June 1845. He married 
Hannah Goddard, who was born 2 Aug. 1769 and died 31 Oct. 
1850. Their children were : 

Zeruiah b. 7 July 1790; m. 3 Dec. 1818 Wm. Porterfield; d. 19 April 
1875. 

Peace, b. 6 Sept. 1792; m. Waitstill Webber; d. 19 April 1877. 

Samuel b. 19 Feb. 1795; d. 1805. 

John b. 10 Feb. 1797; m. Ann Lunt; d. 24 Oct. 1870. 

Hannah b. 14 Jan. 1800; m. 26 Nov. 1835 Wm. H. Johnson; d. 30 
Oct. 1882. 

Mark b. 1803; lost at sea. 

Mammilla b. 15 April 1805; m. David Larrabee of Brunswick. 

James b. 26 Feb. 1S09, m. Dorcas Loring; d. 4 Dec. 1885. 

Betsey, b. 20 Oct. 181 1; unm. d. 30 Mch. 1887. 

Abijah, son of Samuel and Hannah (Dow) Collins, was born 
in Weare, N. H., 24 April 1780. He married 21 Dec. 1817 Doro- 
thy Jones and settled in Durham. She was born in Durham 24 
May 1795. He died 11 Aug. 1863. Their children were: 

Samuel b. 19 May 1818; d. 6 Nov. 1862. 

Mary b. 2 July 1820; m. 4 Nov. 1840 Bailey T. Royal of Pownal. 

Phineas b. 26 Feb. 1822; d. 10 July 1890. 

Almond b. 17 July 1824. 

Hannah Dow b. 12 May 1826; d. 12 Aug. 1845. 

Wm. Henry b. 7 July 1828. 

Paul b. 1 Aug. 1830; d. 14 April 1896. 

Harriet Strout b. 18 Sept. 1832. 

George Elbridge b. 12 May 1835; d. 2-j Dec. 1836. 

Sarah F. b. 17 July 1845; d. 26 July 1863. 

CONVERSE. 
Dr. John Converse settled in Durham before 1797. He lived 
first in the house now owned by Dea. Wm. Hascall when it stood 
north of " Eunice's Brook." He afterward built and lived in the 
house on the bank of the river where Simeon Bailey long lived. 
It was burned a few years ago. Dr. Converse still lives in tradi- 
tion as a good citizen and skillful physician. He died 5 Dec. 
1815, aged 45 years, and is buried in the old Cemetery near the 



CENEALOGICAL NOTES l6l 

North Meeting House. The epitaph on his tombstone reads 
thus : 

"Thousands of journies night and day 

I've traveled weary all the way 

To heal the sick, but now I'm gone 

A journey never to return." 

He married, 17 Mch. 1799, Sally, dau. of Ichabod and Abigail 
(Hayes) Hanson of Windham. She was born 4 Oct. 1774. Did 
she marry, (2) 9 July 1817, Seth Chandler of Minot? The chil- 
dren of Dr. Converse were : 

Orrilla b. 14 May 1800; d. 7 April 1805. 

Veranus b. 18 Oct. 1801 ; d. 22 April 1805. 

Sally b. 28 March 1803; m. 13 May 1821 Winslow Haywood. 

Mary b. 19 Nov. 1804; m. 15 Oct. 1827 Edward Merrill. 

Minerva b. 27 Feb. 1807; m. 28 Dec. 1829 Wm. R. Kendall of Free- 
port. 

John Harris b. 27 Dec. 1808; d. 13 June 1880. Bowdoin Coll., 1830. 
Lawyer. Judge of Probate for Lincoln County. Left two sons. 

Elizabeth b. 20 Aug. 1S10; m. Dr. Durgin of Portland. 

Harriet b. 16 April 1812; m. Capt. Howland of New Bedford, Mass. 

Laura W. b. 27 Jan. 1814; m. Capt. James Currier and lived in Buxton. 

CRAWFORD. 
The Crawfords migrated from Scotland to North Ireland. 
George Crawford was born in Leitrim, Ireland, in 1787 and died 
in Durham 27 April, 1874. His wife, Eliza Ann, was born in 
Sligo, Ireland, in 1790 and died in Durham 11 Dec. 1856. He 
married (2) 6 Dec. i860, Catherine Newell. He settled in Dur- 
ham before 1820, having lived for a short time in Bethel. He 
united with the M. E. Church in middle life, and his devout con- 
versation attested the thorough transformation of his character. 
He was a well informed man and had a remarkable family. Four 
sons became preachers in the Methodist Episcopal Church. 

William b. 4 Oct. 1821; d. 18 Feb. 1889. See Biog. Sketch. 

Lemuel. Lost at sea. 

John m. 4 Sept. 1842 Sarah A. Bonney of Durham. Resided in 
Brunswick. 

Thomas m. 18 Dec. 1S42 Thankful D. Johnson ; d. 25 July 1852, aged 
34 yrs. 7 mos. 

George m. (1) 15 Feb. 1848 Mercy H. Booker; (2) Mrs. Julia A,. 
(Varney) Coombs; d. 25 Sept. 1878, aged 58 yrs. His second wife died 
in Cal. 2 April 1898. See Biog Sketch. 



l62 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

James Barbour b. 22 Dec. 1822; m. 2 June 1855 Harriet A. Wood- 
side of Durham; d. 31 -Mch. 1869. See Biog. Sketch. 

David F. d. 14 Sept. 1854, aged 28 yrs. He was studying for the min- 
istry and had preached occasionally. 

Ann m. 22 Mch. 1837 Isaac Graves of Topsham. 

CROSSMAN. 

Two brothers, David and Solomon Crossman, came to 
Royalsborough, tradition says from Nova Scotia, before 1780. 
David lived on lot 44, where Frank Bowie now resides. He once 
planted fourteen acres of corn on that sand-hill, but no sand was 
then visible. The cutting of the primeval forest exposed the hill- 
top to the winds with disastrous result. David married Sarah 
Bounds of Maryland. A part of her dowry was three slaves, the 
only ones ever owned in Durham. The name of the female slave 
was Jennie Deshelle who married, 1808, Tobias Hill of Bruns- 
wick. Another slave was John Meshack, or Messick. The 
family of David Crossman is here given : 

Sarah b. 19 Aug. 1775. 

Mary b. 2 May 1777: m. Isaac Clough. 

Comfort b. 21 June 1779; d. 5 Sept. 1865. Unm. 

Kezia b. 1 July 1781; m. Walter Davis of Scituate, Mass. 

David b. 28 May 1783; d. young. 

Jesse b. 10 April 1785. See below. 

Bounds b. 7 Feb. 1787; m. 19" Feb. 1808 Judith Dinsmore; moved to 
China, Me. 

Esther b. 16 Mch. 1789; d. 20 June 1879. Unm. 

Cynthia b. 16 Mch. 1789; d. — April 1858. Unm. 

Abigail b. 28 Dec. 1790; m. Amos Goddard of Pownal. 

Eunice b. 18 Jan. 1792; m. Thomas Dinsmore of China. 11 sons. 

David b. 23 Jan. 1797; m. 16 Feb. 1826, Mary, dau. of Aaron True, of 
Litchfield. Lived on the homestead. 

Lois b. 5 Dec. 1798; m. Samuel Beal. 

Hannah b. 6 May 1804; m. Amos Goddard; d. 16 Jan. 1877. 

Jesse Crossman married Charity Goddard. He died 31 July 
1867. She died 5 May 1866. 9 ch. 

Almira b. 25 June 1809; m. 5 June 1836 John P. Sutherland. 
Joshua b. 18 Sept. 181 1; m. 25 Dec. 1838 Mary Porter and 1. in Wis- 
casset. 

William b. 15 July 1813; moved to China, Me. 
Lvdia b. 20 Aug. 1815; m. Benj. Harmon of Brunswick. 
Narcissa b. 6 June 1818. Unm. Living. 
Lucy b. 5 July 1820. Unm. Deceased. 




SEW ALL CUSHING. 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES I 63 

Charles b. 13 May 1824; died in Lynn, Mass., 4 Jan. 1899. 
George b. 23 Sept. 1826; m. Mary Jones. Res. Lisbon Falls. 
Isaiah b. 13 Mch. 1829; m. Mary Spollett; d. in Lynn, Mass. 

Solomon Crossman, after living in several places in Durham, 
bought lot 24 of Nicholas Pinkham in 1794. He married Mehit- 
abel Goddard, b. in Falmouth 20 April 1763. He m. (2) 5 Nov. 
1820, Lucy Pierce. 7 ch. recorded among the Society of 
Friends. 

Prudence b. 8 June 1788; m. John Baxter of Burnham. 

John b. 2 Aug. 1790: m. Anna Field. 

Nathan b. 6 Mch. 1793; m. and 1. in Portland. 

Phebe b. 2^ June 1795; m. Abram Winslow of Limington. 

Jesse b. 11 Oct. 1800; m. Judith Goddard. 

Asa b. 5 May 1803; m. widow Abigail (Smith) Davis. 

Levi b. 27 Jan. 1807; m. and 1. in Portland. 

CURRIER. 
Jonathan Currier came from Salisbury, Mass., in 1780, and 
settled near Methodist Corner, on lot opposite Wm. Miller's. 
He m. 4 May 1775. Sarah Graves, in So. Hampton, N. H. 
He was killed by the falling of a tree in 1 791. Lucy Currier, 
born in Salisbury, married Samuel True, 28 May, 1792. Sarah 
Currier of Durham married fosiah Mitchell of Lewiston 29 
March 1792. The children of Jonathan Lurrier were: 

Joseph b. 17 May 1785; lived in Freeport. 

Israel b. 17 May 1785; m. 5 July 1807 Mary Stover of Freeport; d. 1 
Sept. 1812. She died 22 June 1813. 

Judith m. 11 Sept. 1813 Wm. Tyler of Pownal. 

Sally b. at Salisbury, Mass. 23 June 1780; m. 27 Nov. 1800 Enoch 
Davis. 

CURTIS. 

Lendall Curtis, brother of Rebecca, wife of Elisha Stetson, was 
taxed in Durham 1799-1809. He married 9 March 1801, Sarah 
Randall. Nothing more is known of him. 

Abel Curtis, probably the son of William and Martha Curtis 
of Hanover, Mass., b. 10 Aug. 1752; m. 12 Feb. 1776 Ruth Tur- 
ner, was in Durham earlier than 1788. Was last taxed in 1798. 
He had sons Gideon and Abel Jr. They built a mill at Lisbon 
Factory in 1801. Gideon, born 11 Jan. 1779, served as Select- 
man in Lisbon 1808-11. He was Selectman in Durham 1819-20. 



164 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

.Moved to Kingfield. He had a son, Rev. Reuben B. Curtis of 
East Maine Conference, whose son is now Prof. Olin A. Curtis 
of Drew Theological Seminary. Gideon's daughter, ( )rpha, mar- 
ried Rev. C. D. Pillsbury, and moved to Wisconsin. 

Abel Curtis, Jr.. m. 18 Oct. 1798, Tamar, dau. of Capt. Jona- 
than Strout. He lived just above the Bend till 1802 when he 
moved to a house still standing just across the river in Lisbon. 
Later he moved to Parkman and died there 7 Jan. 1862, aged 84 
yrs. His wife .lied 14 June 1859, aged -j-j yrs. Their children 
were : 

Joseph b. 1 July 1799; m. 30 May 1822 Julia Ann Macomber; d. in 
Bangor 21 April 1885. 

Sophronia b. 29 July 1801; m. Rev. Isaac Lord; d. in Durham 28 Nov. 
1865. 

Abel d. 24 Oct. 1863, aged 60 yrs. 

Ruth m. — Briggs; d. 17 Nov. 1855. 

True G. d. June 1875. 

James. 

William d. 4 Sept. 1878, aged 65 yrs. 

CUSHING. 

John Gushing of West Durham was distantly related to the 
John Cushing elsewhere presented. He was second son of Adam 
Cushing of Cape Ann, some say of Abington, Mass.. and grand- 
son of Adam Cushing wdio graduated at Harvard College in 1714. 
John's brothers and sisters were Greenword, Ezra, Avis, Sarah, 
Mar_\-, Adam and Hannah. 

John Cushing, born 24 Feb. [746, was living in Royals- 
borough earlier than 1774, on lot 69. He married Silence 
Vining. They had five children : 

John b. 15 Sept. 1770. See below. 

Silence b. 30 Nov. 1711; m. 7 Jan. 1798 Gershom Flagg of Clinton. 
They settled in Augusta. She died 28 May 1816. 

Avis b. 1 Dec. 1774; m. 1797 Win. Mitchell, Jr., of Durham. 

Adam b. 21 Dec. 1782; m. 1816 Mary Thompson of Brunswick. He 
built the brick house where G. W. Wright lives. Died insane. A 
daughter Ruth taught school in Brunswick. A son Alonzo lived in 
Gardiner. 

James m. 5 Feb. 1813 Nancy Newell and settled in Dover, Me. 

John Cushing, Jr., m. 28 Jan. 1791. Elizabeth, sister of George 
Goodwin They lived on the homestead. He died 24 Dec. 1863, 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES 1 65 

and is buried in Topsham. His wife died 26 May 1843, aged 76 
yrs. 

Samuel b. 6 June 1791; d. 28 June 1791. 

Polly b. 6 July 1792; m. 27 Mch. 1823 Wm. Fogg, Jr., of Wales. He 
was born in Scarborough and died in Wales 31 May 1876. 

John b. 12 May 1794; d. 8 April 1796. 

Betsey b. 9 April 1796; m. 30 Nov. 1821 Job Sylvester 3d; d. 26 May 
1873. 

Sally b. 21 April 1798; m. 30 Dec. 1818 Wm. Sylvester; d. 24 Nov. 
1877. 

Hannah b. 22 Mch. 1800; m. 27 Jan. 1825 Ebenezer, son of Enoch 
Strout of Wales. Judge Sewall C. Strout of Portland is their son. She 
died 5 Oct. 1873. Enoch Strout b. 29 May 1802; d. 1 June 1880. 

Anna Louisa b. 22 Feb. 1802; d. 6 Nov. 1876. Unm. 

John 3d b. 12 Feb. 1804; d. 12 Jan 1843. Unm. 

James b. Q Jan. 1809. Preacher. See p. 69. 

Sewall b. 23 April 1806; m. 1834 Hannah Webster; d. 30 Jan. 1884. 6 
ch., Royal J., John Wesley, Hannah E., Frances E., Harriet L. and Ros- 
well S. 

Katherine b. 13 May 1814; m. Benjamin Flagg of Topsham; d. 22 
Jan. 1871. He died 29 Feb. 1884, leaving one dau. Emma. 

Irene b. 11 June 1816; m. Joel Bonney, M. D. Moved to Victoria, 
Texas. Died 3 May 1859. He died in Texas 28 Oct. 1853. 3 ch. 

The children of Hon. John (See Biog.) and Dorothy (Bagley) 
Gushing were : 

Elizabeth b. in Salisbury 1 Sept. 1767; m. 1792 Wm. Hoyt of 
Durham. They had one son who d. at sea, and three daughters. Mrs. 
Elizabeth Hoyt d. at Freeport June 1858. 

Dorothy A. b. 2 May 1769; m. 2 Feb. 1785, in New Gloucester, Roger 
Merrill. She died in Litchfield 28 Dec. 1863. 

John b. 23 June 1771; m. Betsey Soule of Freeport. Died in Pownal. 

Jonathan b. 14 Sept. 1773; m. 30 July 1794 Lucretia dau. of David 
Dennison of Freeport. Died in Freeport. 

Edward b. 17 Jan. 1778; d. 16 Jan. 1797. 
.Sarah b. 12 Mch. 1785; d. same day. 

DAIN. 
John Dain (spelled also Dane and Dean) of Conn.(?) bought 
lot 67 in 1771. John, Jr., received it from his father and sold 
forty acres of it in 1778 to William McGray. His house stood 
opposite the old North Meeting House. Here McGray had his 
hotel. The main part of the house was carried to Brunswick by 
Nathaniel Lincoln and erected on Noble St. The part now 
standing, called the " Philip Douglas House,'* was built by Lin- 
coln. 



1 66 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

John Dain, Jr.. was a Revolutionary soldier. He married 
Elizabeth Proctor, moved to Lisbon and kept Dain's Ferry, [790- 

1817. He died 4 Aug. 1837. His wife died 28 Sept. 1838. 
The}- were married in Portland, 24 Feb. 1778. Rachel Dain 
married, 2j Dec. 1770. Edmund Lane. Mercy Dain married. 23 
July 1780, John I Hake and lived in Lisbon. Joseph Dain was 
living in Durham in 1789. William Dain married .Mary Wagg 
and lived in Lisbon. Hannah Dain married George Sawyer of 
Lisbon. Ebenezer Dean or Dain was a Revolutionary soldier 
and died in the Army. 

DAVIS. 

William, son of Nathaniel and Martha Davis, was baptized in 

Scarborough 26 July 1730. He married Judith . Their 

son, Capt. Isaac Davis, was born in Scarborough 26 Mch. 1758. 
He was a Revolutionary soldier and Capt. of militia. Moved to 
Royalsborough in 1780 and settled on lot 124. He married, 
1 April 1784 Dorcas, dau. of Judah Chandler. He was select- 
man and Town Clerk sixteen years, one of the leading men of 
the town. Died 11 Nov. 1846. His wife, born 2^ (let. 1758. 
died 26 Sept. 1842. 

Judith b. 11 Mch. 178.5; m. 11 Dec. 1806 William Blake of Lisbon; d. 
26 June 1863. 

Mary b. 29 Oct. 1786; m. 31 May 1806 Thomas Sawyer of Westbrook. 

Phede b. 20 Nov. 1788; m. 28 Sept. 1809 her cousin Jonathan Larra- 
bee; d. 16 Oct. 1869 in Mexico, Me. 

William b. 5 Oct. 1790; m. (Int. Rec. 12 Nov. 1814) Lydia Batchel- 
der of Phippsburg. Killed by lightning 8 June 1819. 

Mercy b. 25 Mch. 1793; d. 28 Mch. 1796. 

John Chandler b. 11 May 1795: m. (Int. Rec. 12 Jan. 1820) Betsey 
Booker of Durham; d. 26 Dec. 1835. 

Mercy b. 21 Dec. 1797; m. 15 Aug. 1819 William Roak. 

Joseph b. 23 Feb. 1802; m. 13 Oct. 1826 Sarah Vining. 

Joseph Davis, the last mentioned, lived as a farmer on the 
homestead. He died 28 Mch. 1873. Five ch. 

William H. b. 5 June 1827; m. (1) Ann Doughty (2) Lucretia M. 
Robinson. 

Wesley b. 3 Aug. 1829; m. Sarah Avery; killed on R. R. 10 Jan. 1856. 

WlIXARD B. b. 26 Sept. 1834; m. Matilda Turner. 

Wendall P. b. 27 June 1838; m. Mehitabel Hurlburt. 

Wiley L. b. 15 Sept. 1841; m. Nellie E. Merrill. Lives in Durham. 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES I 67 

There were other Uavises in Royalsborough, but none seem 
to have remained long. Elias Davis is mentioned as early as 
1775. His taxes were abated in 1791. The same year Joseph 
Davis was chosen moderator. Elias Davis' wife's name was 
Bethiah. Joseph may have been their son. They lived at S. \Y. 
Bend. In 1793 Elias Davis of Bakerstown (Poland) was warned 
to leave town. Moses, son of Michael Davis, is recorded as born 
14 Oct. 1786. Enoch Davis, born in Wentworth, N. H., 24 Feb. 
1772, married, zj Nov. 1S00 Sally Currier. Their children were 
Abel b. 10 Nov. 1801 ; Sally b. 9 May 1803 ; Lucy b. 2 April 1805. 

Benjamin, son of Benjamin and Dorcas (Wharff) Davis of 
Pownal, was born 16 April 1803. He married 31 Dec. 1829 
P'atience Douglas. They lived on the old Douglas homestead 
in Durham. He died 21 Oct. 1862. His wife died 24 April 1887. 
6 ch. 

Dorcas Wharff, b. 13 Aug. 1831 ; m. 11 Jan. 1849 Joseph Tuttle; d. 
27 Dec. 1888. 

Margaret Snow. b. 31 Aug. 1833; d. 16 Dec. 1854. Unm. 

Joseph Henry, b. 2 Oct. 1835; m. (1) 24 Nov. 1864 Hattie W. Rich- 
ardson of Brunswick; (2) Julia Ann Day. He is a carriage maker and 
farmer. Has been Selectman and Representative to the Legislature. 
Has only one child living, Hattie. 

Lydia Ellen b. 23 Nov. 1837; m. 17 June 1858 Samuel Webber of 
Guilford. 

William Penn b. 15 May 1841 : 111. 16 April 1865, Louisa Day of 
Durham. Two children, Everett who lives in Bath, and Ella who m. 
Burton B. Brown of Durham. 

Benjamin Franklin b. 5 Dec. 1843; m. 8 Sept. 1867 Augusta E. 
Record, born 18 Jan. 1844. He died in Freeport 30 Sept. 1880. One 
son, George, lives in Portland. 

DAY. 
The American progenitor of the- Day family was Anthony 
Day of Gloucester, Mass. A branch of the family settled in 
Georgetown in the first half of the eighteenth century. Josiah 
Day m. 24 July 1770. Wealthy Blethen in Georgetown and set- 
tled in Royalsborough in 1773. He bought lot 21 of Job 
Blethen, 3 March 1777. He was Selectman and on the Com- 
mittee of Safety. Died in 1837, aged about 95 yrs. 

Josiah Jr. b. 11 Nov. 1774- See below. 
Phei.e b. 11 Dec. 1776; m. Joseph Hacker. 

Isaiah b. 30 Sept. 1778; m. 1805 Deborah Philbrook; d. 20 Oct. 1819. 
His wife was born 19 July 1782 and died 2 April 1882. See below. 



1 68 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

Charlotte b. 27 Aug. 1780; m. 1805, Caleb Estes; d. 12 Sept. 1821. 

Wealthy b. 4 Nov. 1782; m. 2 Feb. 1806 Samuel Moulton; d. in Lee, 
Me., 17 Aug. 1849. 

Levi b. 1784; m. Rebecca Spear; moved to Litchfield; d. 1829. For 
family see Hist, of Litchfield. 

Sarah b. ; m. Joseph Philbrook. 

Jeremiah, drowned in Sabattus Pond. Unm. 

Jes.se b. 22 July 1788; m. Hannah Jones; lived in No. Brunswick; d. 
1 July 1S65. His wife was born 2 Nov. 1792 and died 12 Sept. 1893. See 
below. 

Josiah Day, Jr., born 1 1 Nov. 1774, married Jan. 1799, Mercy, 
dau. of Caleb and Peace (Goddard) Jones, and died 20 Oct. 1825. 
She was burn in Brunswick 21 Jan. 1777 and died in Durham 
15 Sept. 1 861. 

Thankful b. 17 Nov. 1799; m. 6 April 1820 Reuben Blethen; d. 4 
July 1S80. 

Isaiah b. 30 Oct. 1802. See below. 

Simon b. 20 Oct. 1804; m. (1) Lucinda Graves, (2) Hannah Skolfield, 
(3) Kate Jordan. 

Jeremiah B. b. 23 Feb. 1808; m. 4 April 1832 Mary Gerrish. Ch. 
Alonzo, Albert, Charles H., Harriet m. David Stackpole, Caroline m. 
Edward Crockett, and Wesley. 

Phoebe b. 30 July 1810; m. Dec. 1830 Jeremiah Moulton. 

Lorenzo b. 19 Dec. 1812. See below. 

Julia A. b. 1817; m. 18 Dec. 1836 Isaac Hopkins. 

Charlotte b. 1820; m. 17 Nov. 1847 Elisha Lunt; (2) 29 May 1869 
Peter Swett. 

Family of Isaiah and Deborah (Philbrook) Day. 

Caroline b. 22 Dec. 1805; m. 30 May 1833 John Plummer; d. 26 
Nov. 1882. 

Wealthy b. 11 Aug. 1807; m. Elijah Jenkins of Rochester, N. H. 

Jeremiah b. 12 Aug. 1809; m. (1) Caroline Gerrish; (2) Phebe Blake 
of Lisbon. 

Lucy b. 6 Jan. 1812; m. Nathan Douglas. 

George P. b. 27 June 1815; m. (1) Eunice Douglas; (2) Sarah P. 
Estes. Eunice d. 5 Nov. 1866. 

Jane b. 16 Feb. 1818; m. Waitstill W. Douglas; d. 28 Jan. 1892. 

Susan P. b. 17 June 1820; ra. Joseph Cartland. 

Family ot Jesse and Hannah (Jones) Day. 
Lyhia b. 8 May 1821 ; m. Charles B. Robinson of Brooks, Me. 
James b. 1 April 1823. Unm. 
Josiah b. 14 July 1826; d. 18 Aug. 1850. Unm. 
Levi b. 12 Sept. 1830. Unm. 
Klisiia b. 6 June 1832; m. Mercy E. Moulton; d. 4 May 1873. 





LORENZO DAY. 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES 1 69 

Alvah b. 30 Mch. 1834; d. 12 Aug. i860. Unm. 
Almira b. 4 Jan. 183- ; m. Stephen Cartland. 

Family of Isaiah and Alary (Hanson) Day. 
Josiah b. 21 Oct. 1832. 
George b. 22 Dec. 1833. 
Lovisa b. 25 Mch. 1835. 
Isaac b. 7 Jan. 1837; d. 2 July 1854. 
Francis b. 17 Dec. 1838; d. 5 Jan. 1879 in Cal. 
Augustus b. 21 Oct. 1840. 
Julia b. 24 May 1842. 
Mary J. b. 7 July 1844. 
Louisa b. 26 July 1846; d. 15 Nov. 1854. 
Isaiah b. 6 July 1848. 

Lorenzo Day, son of Josiah, Jr., and Mercy (Jones) Day, was 
horn in Durham, 19 Dec. 1812. He married 14 Feb. 1837, Mary 
Louise Hopkins of Brunswick, who was born 27 Oct. 1818, and 
died 8 April 1897. He was a shoe manufacturer at North 
Brunswick until 1850, when he moved to Brunswick village, 
where he continued that business till 1S59. 

He opened a retail shoe store, 1850, on the corner of Maine 
and Mason Sts., in Hinkley Block, which after its partial destruc- 
tion in 1S53 he rebuilt under the name of Day's Block. Here he 
did business till 1877. 

He also had retail stores in Racine, Beloit and Jonesville, 
Wisconsin, and for a short time in Topsham, Me. He died in 
Brunswick, 27 March 1880. 

Fessenden Irving b. 26 Nov. 1837: m. 20 Dec. 1861 Mary Alma Hol- 
land. He is a shoe-merchant in Lewiston, Me. 

Lizzie Hopkins b. 22 Aug. 1839; m. 4 July 1869 Elisha M. Whit- 
ten, M. D. 

Maria Louise b. 12 Aug. 1841; m. 25 Nov. 1863 John Furbish. 

Leander Howard b. 23 Jan. 1844; m. 21 Oct. 1869 Nellie Seymour 
Phelps. 

Mary Ella b. 14 April 1849; d. 23 Feb. 1852. 

Ellen Caro b. 1 Jan. 1851 : m. 22 Oct. 1879 Fred Burns Valpey. Two 
ch. Harold Day b. 22 Aug. 1880, and Frederick Louis b. 21 July 1882. 

Children of Fessenden I. and Mary A. (Holland) Day. 
Herbert Irving b. 15 Feb. 1864; d. 29 July 1864. 
Daniel Holland b. 19 May 1865. 
Fessenden Lorenzo b. 18 June 1868. 
Mary Alma b. 2 June 1872. 
Annie Holland b. 19 Oct. 1873; d. 2 April 1875. 
Helen Louise b. 8 April 1877; d. 29 July 1880. 
Ethel Wilson b. 21 Aug. 1884. 



170 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

Children of Leander H. and Nellie S. (Phelps) Day. 
Rena Ells b. 29 Oct. 1870. 

Irving Seymour b. 22 Sept. 1873; d. 23 Oct. 1895. 
Bessie Florence b. 27 Oct. 1875. 
Jesse Gould b. 2 June 1882. 

Children of John and Maria L. (Day) Furbish. 
Edward Payson b. 12 Oct. 1864; d. 10 Aug. 1878. 
Benjamin Lincoln b. 10 Dec. 1866. 
Mary Alice b. 20 Sept. 1869. 

Charles Weston b. 5 March 1872; d. 20 July 1872. 
Samuel Benson b. 1 Aug. 1874. 
John Arthur b. 14 Oct. 1878. 

DINGLE Y. 
The ancestor of the Dingley family in the United States was 
John Dingley (1608-58) who came to Lynn in 1637 and settled in 
Marshfield, Mass., in 1640. The descent to the Dingleys of Dur- 
ham is through Jacob (1642-91), John (1670-1763), Jacob 
(1703-92), Jacob (1727- ) and William (1749-1812) to Jeremiah. 
William Dingley married in Cape Elizabeth, 7 Feb. 177 1 , Sarah 
Jordan and moved to So. Danville in 1793. He lived on the River 
I^.oad, where Orin Libby now lives. Jeremiah his son was born 
in Cape Elizabeth 14 Jan. 1779. He married, 12 May 1805, 
Lucy, dau. of Rev. James Garcelon. She was born 13 July 1786 
and died 6 Aug. 183 1. He married (2) 24 Nov. 1833 Mrs. Sarah 
(Miller) Jordan, and lived thereafter on lot 88 in Durham. He 
died in Auburn 14 Feb. 1869, aged 90 yrs. 

Jordan b. 2 April 1806; m. Jane Gilpatrick of Unity; d. 20 Oct. 1877. 
His wife died 7 April 1873, aged 53 yrs. 4 mos. He lived at S. W. Bend. 
Ch. John b. 10 April 1839, now living in Auburn; Abby b. 23 Sept. 1841; 
Albion b. 31 May 1850, deceased; and Helen b. 2 Sept. 1856. 

Julia A. b. 16 July 1807; m. Socrates Dow. 

Nelson b. 15 Nov. 1809; m. 1831, Jane Lambert. Their children were 
Nelson Jr. (See Biog. Sketch) and Frank L. b. in Unity 7 Feb. 1840. 
now Editor of Lewiston Journal. 

James b. 7 Jan. 1811; m. (1) Betsey Blethen; (2) widow Howard. 

William b. 27 Mch. 1814; see below. 

Nancy b. 13 June 1S14; m. Wm. Brewster and has a son William who 
lives in Auburn. 

Lucy b. 18 Aug. 1819; m. 21 Dec. 1837 Isaac Lambert. 

Jeremiah Jr. b. 13 April 1822; m. 29 May 1845 Minerva Williams; (2) 
Ruth P. McKenney. Re's. Auburn. 

Sarah E. b. 9 Aug. 1S24. Lives in Auburn. 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES I71 

Susan G. b. 3 April 1828; m. 14 Dec. 1850 Cornelius Stackpole. She 
died in Auburn 4 June 1882. 

Dea. William, son of Jeremiah Dingley, m. 16 Mch. 1837, 
Maria Blethen. He was well known in Durham and Auburn as 
a good man and the religious leader of his neighborhood. He 
died 4 July 1898. His wife died in June 1898. 

Lucy b. 6 Dec. 1837; m. William Stackpole. 
Sarah b. 6 Dec. 1837; m. Rev. George Leavens; d. 22 Jan. 1886. 
Lavina b. 16 Mch. 1839; d. 6 June 1845. 

Wm. Franklin b. 29 Sept. 1845. Lives on the homestead in So. 
Auburn. 

Millard F. b. 9 Oct. 1850. Lives on lot 88 in Durham. 

Albion, son of Jordan Dingley, married Mahala, dau. of Ben- 
jamin Thomas, and died 28 Oct. 1S94. 

Belle J. b. 28 June 1874. 

Fred J. b. 18 Oct. 1875. 

Helen E. b. 23 Sept. 1878; d. 8 Sept. 1S79. 

Alice L. b. 1 Sept. 1881. 

DOANE. 
Richard Doane, son of Edward and grandson of Ebenezer 
Doane who m. Elizabeth Skillin, was born in Cape Elizabeth 26 
Dec. 1772. He married, (1) 26 Nov. 1793, Mary, daughter of 
John Randall, who was born in Portland 17 April 1775, 
and died in Durham 10 April 1829; (2) 17 April 1831 Mary 
E. Cobb of West Bath. He died in Durham 4 May 1848. He 
lived near Methodist Corner on farm recently owned by George 
Estes. He had ten children by the first marriage. He was a 
staunch adherent of the Methodist church. 

Joanna b. in Cape Elizabeth 13 Jan. 1795; m. 23 March 1824 Ammi 
Loring; d. 29 Dec. 1843 in Pownal. 

Sarah C. b. in Durham 8 Jan. 1797; m. 24 Nov. 1820 Stephen H. 
Davis; d. 8 Aug. 1874 in Farmington. 

John R. b. in Durham 29 Jan. 1799; m. 19 May 1832 Lucy Strout of 
Foland and died in Durham 18 June 1834, leaving a dau. Mary Jane who 
married Samuel Churchill of Poland. 

Mary R. b. 9 April 1801; m. 21 March 1821 David Loring; d. 13 Feb. 
1879 ' n Guilford, Ind. 

Nancy C. b. 25 Aug. 1803; m. 23 Aug. 1826 Benj. Randall of Pownal; 
d. 30 Sept. i860. 

Olive S. b. 7 July 1806; unm. d. in Durham 14 Feb. 1849. 

William b. 27 July 1808; d. in Durham 3 Aug. 1811. 



172 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

Margaret A. b. 10 April 1810; m. 9 Feb. 1832 David M. Nichols; d. 
19 Oct. 1882 in Durham. 

Harriet A. b. 22 July 1816; m. 9 Oct. 1834 Joseph Nichols of Lisbon. 

Lucy Ann b. 19 June 1820; m. 10 Aug. 1845 Charles Libby; d. 29 
March 1850 in Pownal. 

DOUGLAS. 

This family is of Scotch descent, claiming connection with the 
old Earls of Angus. John Douglas, born in 1695, was the first 
emigrant to America and settled in Middleborough, Mass. His 
oldest son Elijah b. about 1720 in Middleborough, m. (1) 27 April 
1742 Phebe Taylor and had three sons; (2) Elizabeth dau. of 
Edward and Patience Estes, born in Hanover, Mass. 7 April 1731 
and had 8 children. Lived in Harpswell for a while and settled 
in Royalsborough in 1775 on the Meadow Road. He died in 
1814, aged 94. He was the first of the name to unite with the 
Society of Friends, having joined them at Falmouth 29 June 1754. 

Cornelius Douglas, son of John, was born in Middleborough, 
Mass., 12 Sept. 1749; m. 10 Nov. 1767 Ann, dau. of Edward and 
Patience Estes, who was born in Hanover, Mass., 14 March 1735. 
She was sister to his stepmother. He moved to Royalsborough 
in 1773 and bought Lot 28. His log house is said to have been 
the fifth built in Royalsborough, but this is doubted. It was on 
a little hillock some distance from where the highway now is. 
His wife d. 28 Jan. 1790. He m. 23 June 1791 Lydia, dau. of 
Joseph and Elizabeth Buffum of Berwick. Me. He was a Friend. 
Died in Durham 20 June .1821. His second wife died 31 
Aug. 1837. 

Children by first wife. 

John b. 8 Sept. 1768; m. 14 Mch. 1791 Judith Collins, d. in Brunswick 
17 June 1820. 

Edward b. 30 June 1770; m. 4 May 1797 Esther Collins. 

Phebe b. 12 Nov. 1772; m. 24 Jan. 1793 Ebenezer Austin; d. 15 Jan. 
1817. 

Joseph b. 1 Aug. 1774 in Royalsborough; d. 6 June 1782. 

Children by second wife. 

Anna b. 15 July 1792; rri. 7 Feb. 1822 Saml. Goddard; d. 4 Oct. 1840. 
Joseph b. 28 May 1793; drowned at Hebron 27" Aug. 1814. 
Joshua b. 8 Sept. 1794; m. (1) Jane Adams; (2) Lucy Beal. 
David, b. 16 July 1796; m. (1) Hannah Davis; (2) Chloe Davis. 
Cornelius b. 12 June 179S; m. 27 Jan. 1820 Phebe Nichols of 
Berwick. See p. 68 and portrait. 




CORNELIUS DOUGLAS. 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES I 73 

Lydia b. 28 Dec. 1799: m. 15 Nov. 1827 George W. Morse; d. 29 Nov. 
1843- 

Patience b. 15 Feb. 1803: m. 31 Dec. 1829 Benjamin Davis; d. 24 
Apr. 1887. 

Joseph Douglas, brother of Cornelius and son of Elijah, was 
born in North Yarmouth (now Harpswell) 8 April 1753; m. 4 
Sept. 1773 Alary McFall who was born 31 Dec. 175 1. In 1781 
he bought a farm of Stephen Chase in Royalsborough for 
£213 6s. i8d. in depreciated currency. The farm was 100 acres, 
half of lots 5 and 12. Here he built a log house. He was a 
powerful preacher in the Society of Friends, and a man of natural 
ability and deep piety. He died 22 Dec. 1821. 6 ch. 

Elijah b. 24 June 1775; d. young. 

David b. 11 July 1779; m. Waite Hawkes. 

Moses b. 28 July 1784. Unm. 

Elizabeth b. 20 May 1786. Unm. 

Rachel b. 29 June 1788; m. 30 Oct. 1823 Hanson Hussey of Albion. 

Rebecca b. 29 May 1790. Unm. 

John Douglas, son of Elijah, b. in Harpswell, 8 Nov. 1774; 
m. (1) 5 Aug. 1796 Sarah Booker; (2) Catherine (Briry) Booker. 
Settled on a part of his father's farm in Durham. In 1820 bought 
a farm near the River. Died in Brunswick 18 Oct. 1853. 

Polly b. 16 May 1797; d. same day. 

Elizabeth b. 18 June 1798; d. 5 April 1814. 

Hugh b. 18 Aug. 1800; m. Julia A. Goddard. 

John b. 21 Mch. 1803; d. Sept. 1820. 

Joanna b. 20 Aug. 1805; d. 1808. 

Nancy B. b. 6 Feb. 1808; m. 8 Mch. 1829 John B. Douglas. 

Isaac b. 7 Feb. 181 1; m. Abigail K. Webber. 

Sally b. 30 Jan. 1814. 

Children by second wife. 

Enos b. 2 Sept. 1816; m. Nov. 1842 Nancy M. Jordan; m. (2) Sept. 
1895 Mrs. Hannah (Foss) Hanscomb. Res. Lewiston. 

Waitstill Webber, b. 1 Nov. 1818; m. Jane Day; d. 1 Apr. 1876. 

Joshua Douglas, son of Cornelius and grandson of Elijah, 
was born in Royalsborough 8 Sept. 1794; m. (1) n June 1818 
Jane, dau. of Andrew and Ruth (Lufkin) Adams; (2) 29 Aug. 
1839, Lucy, dau. of Jonathan and Lucy Deal of Durham. Bought 
his father-in-law's farm near Gerrish's mill in 1818, which he sold 
in 1835 to Henry Plummer and bought of Caleb Jones a farm on 



174 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

the River. He died 21 Jan. 1881. He was an excellent man, 
a worthy minister of the Society of Friends. 

Joseph b. 24 Mch. 1819, m. Ann G. Beal. 

Eliza Jane b. 28 Feb. 1822; m. James Goddard. 

George b. 11 May 1825; 111. Elizabeth A. Prescott; d. 20 April 1888. 

John b. 26 Feb. 1828; m. Ann Maria Hamblin. 

Charles b. 24 Aug. 1830; m. Annie E. Fisher. 

Joshua Lufkin b. 17 April 1833; m. Helen L. Harvey. Res. Bath. 

Wm. Henry b. 13 Oct. 1847; m. (1) Ella H. Rolfe; (2) Mrs. Eliza B. 
(Tibbetts) Clason. 

As an excellent Genealogy and History of the Douglas family 
has been published by Joshua Lufkin Douglas, of Bath, it is not 
deemed necessary to give further particulars about this family. 

DOW. 

John Dow of Gilmanton, N. H., was born about 1764. He 
went to Portland, Me., and failed in business. Came to Durham 
about 1790 as a school-master. Married 1 Mch. 1791 Betsey, 
dau. of Joshua Strout. They lived at first in a house fronting 
that of Benjamin Vining, on the east side of the County Road. 
Here he had a small store and also made potash. He sold this 
place, 11 Aug. 1792 to Eben H. Goss of Brunswick. He after- 
ward lived on the River Road, where the late Dea. Wm. Dingle) 
lived. About 1825 he sold this farm to Simeon Blethen and Dea. 
Isaac Lambert and moved to Avon, where he died and was 
buried about 1834, aged 70 yrs. He was a tall, spare man, of 
dark complexion and thin face. His wife died in Wilton in 1847. 
He was a Revolutionary soldier. 

Edmund b. 28 March 1793. See below. 

John Jr. b. 23 April 1796; died young. . 

Sai.lv b. 24 Mch. 1798; m. Moses Sanborn. 

Betsey b. 24 May 1800; died young. 

Socrates b. 16 July 1802; m. Julia Dingley; d. in Foxcroft. 

Mary m. Isaac Clark. 

Joshua. 

William died in Vienna, Me. 

James. 

Edmund Dow bought a farm adjoining that of his father, one 
tier of lots back from the river, in what is now So. Auburn. 
1 Kir lie built a house and lived till 1828. The farm is still called 
the "Ned place." He moved t<> Wilton and died there 25 Nov. 
1879. 1" ms youth he was well known throughout Durham. 






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175 



He married 20 Aug. 1S20 Jane, dau. of Samuel Robinson of 
Durham; (2) 1856, Sara Mace; (3) 1864, Sarah Eames. He 
drew a pension for his service in the War of 1812. His children 
were. 

Betsey b. 1821 ; Samuel R. b. 6 April 1823; John D. b. 1825; living in 
Lowell, Mass.; Charles R. b. 25 July 1827, living in Brookline, Mass.; 
Edmund b. 1829; Mary Jane b. 18.52; James Hillman b. 1834. d. 1865; 
Joshua b. 1836, d. 1863; Lorenzo b. 1874, d. 1875. Edmund, James and 
Joshua were soldiers of the Union Army in the Rebellion. 

DRINKWATER. 
Thomas Drinkwater of Taunton married Elizabeth Haskell 
before 1700. His family had then been in New England many 
years. Their eighth child was Joseph, born about 1710. He 
moved to No. Yarmouth in 1730 and married May 18, 1732, Jane 
Latham. The ninth child of Joseph and Jane Drinkwater was 
Daniel, who married Rebecca Fisher, and these were the parents 
of Retiar Drinkwater, born in Cumberland 9 Nov. 1789. He 
married Feb. 16. 1815 Mary Whitney, who died 2 May 1823; 
(2) Dec. 16, 1824, Elsa D. Jones of Pownal. By the first mar- 
riage were three children, Mary and Retiar, both of whom died 
young, and Roxana who married Charles Hicks of Falmouth 
By second marriage were eight children. 

Mary W. b. Sept. 27, 1828; d. 29 Sept. 1828. 

Retiar b. 29 May 1827; m. 10 Feb. 1853 Sarah E. Noyes, who died 5 
Dec. 1868; m (2) Betsey Jane Dunn of Cumberland. 

Hiram J. b. 22 Nov. 1828; m. 29 April 1861 Clarissa D. Sylvester; d. 
3 April 1892. A daughter Marion died in infancy. 

Frances E. b. 22 March 1830; d. 8 May 1874; m. Benj. F. Nason. 

Lois U. b. 4 June 1832; m. 28 Sept. 1854, Allen Weeks. 

Mary W. b. 22 July 1834; m. 20 Sept. 1859 Nath'l B. Welch of Port- 
land; m. (2) 4 July 1871 Charles Whitman of Detroit, Mich. 

Henry C. b. 10 May 1839; d. 8 Sept. 1841. 

Caroline S. b. July 13, 1842; m. Everett B. Osgood. 3 ch. m. (2) 
Adelbert J. Benton. 

Retiar Drinkwater had six children by first marriage. He died 
29 Oct. 1892; his wife died 15 Dec. 1868. 

Charles d. 3 Oct. 1856. 
Edith E. b. 9 Nov. 1858; d. 16 Oct. 1863. 
Winnifred Adelaide b. 23 Oct. i860. 

Hattie N. b. 28 Feb. 1862; d. 29 Oct. 1892; m. 11 Oct. 1882 Jarvis 
Lamson of Boston. 4 ch. 



176 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

Frank M. b. 19 Nov. i860; m. 24 Nov. 1887 Maria L. dau. of Wm. 
Stackpole. Lives in Somerville, Mass. 2 ch. Harlan Retiar b. 19 Dec. 
1890; d. 6 Nov. 1894; and Ethel Stackpole b. 28 Jan. 1889. 

Sarah E. b. 24 Nov. 1868. 

DUDLEY. 
Micajah, son of Samuel Dudley, was sixth in descent from 
Gov. Thomas Dudley of Mass. He was born in Brentwood, 
X. II., 27 Sept. 1751 ; m. Susanna, dau. of Timothy and Sibylla 
(Freeman) Forster. She was born at Attleboro, Mass., 16 Mch. 
1 75 1, and died at China, Me., 8 Jan. 1838. He died in Durham 
Mch. 1798. He lived in South Durham, about opposite Chas. 
W. Webber's. The "Dudley Spring-" in his pasture is still shown. 
There are some remains of his old cellar. The maples he planted 
are two feet in diameter. He was a minister of the Society of 
Friends from 3 Sept. 1795 till his death. He lived in W'inthrop 
for some years before moving to Durham. 

John b. 5 Nov. 1775; m. Eunice Winslow; lived in Durham till 1812: 
d. in China 27 Oct. 1847. 

Samuel b. 22 Feb. 1777; m. Anna Wing; d. in Sidney, 1 Feb. 1847. 

Susanna b. 18 Dec. 1778; m. Ephraim Jones. Their daughter Sibyl 
Jones became a distinguished preacher among the Friends, as was also 
her husband Eli Jones. 

Mary b. 3 Sept. 1780; m. Aaron Buffum. 

Sibyl b. 16 Mch. 1782; m. Benj. Dunham. 

Thankful b. 31 Mch. 1784; m. Chandler Allen of Greene. 

Micajah b. 26 Jan. 1786 in Durham; m 17 Jan. 1810 Experience 
Wing; died at China 24 Mch. 1837. 11 ch. 

Lydia b. 22 Oct. 1789; m. 2 Mch. 1807 Robert Jones of Durham. 

William b. 5 July 1790; m. 22 Nov. 1814 Sarah Davis of Lewiston; 
d. i860, in China. 

Austras b. 30 April 1792; d. 1796. 

David b. 15 April 1794. Preacher. See p. 69. 

DURAN. 

Dea. Matthew Duran was born 17 March 1747, and according 
to tradition came from England when a young man and settled 
in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. He was a Revolutionary soldier. He 
married (1) Sarah Strout of Cape Elizabeth, who was born 
13 May 1756. As early as 1769 he owned a farm of 60 acres on 
Fore Rim, opposite Portland, which he sold, 8 Feb. 1782. He 
bought, _'_' ( >ct. 1782, of Vincent Roberts 50 acres of land at 
Durham, Me., which was the south-western side of lot 32. 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES I 77 

Ebenezer Roberts then lived on the other half. He probably 
moved to Durham soon after this purchase. April 14, 1794, he 
exchanged the above land for 90 acres in "Bagley's Gore," on 
the Freeport line, with Joseph Paul. His wife died 25 Mch. 
182 1, aged 71 yrs (?) He married (2) 18 April 1822 Eleanor Gee 
of Scarboro. He died 1 Jan. 1844. Eight children. 

John b. 2 April 1772; m. 21 Sept. 1794 Jane Davis. 

Mary b. 13 Nov. 1774; m. 7 Dec. 1800 Jeremiah Gerrish. 

Samuel b. 2 Oct. 1776; m. (1) 26 Sept. 1798 Kezia Cash; (2) 6 Aug. 
1828 Hannah (Runnels) Tukey. Twelve children by first wife, three by 
second. He died in Portland 3 June 1857. 

Matthew Jr. b. 3 April 1781; see below. 

Francis b. 13 Mch. 1783; m. Apphia Sawyer. Had eight sons and a 
daughter. 

Elsie b. 18 Oct. 1785; m. 25 Nov. 1811 David Osgood; d. 26 Jan. 1833. 

Nathaniel b. 2 Feb. 1788; rn. i,Int. Rec. 27 Jan. 1815) Mary Young 
of Limington. Ch. Nathaniel, Betsey and Mary. 

Sarah b. 28 Nov. 1791; m. 2 Feb. 1812 David Osgood Jr.; d. 22 
June 1855. 

Matthew Jr. b. 3 April 1781 ; m. (Int. Rec. to Jan. 1807) 
Betsey Dyer of Limington, Me. They had ten children. 

Daniel b. in Pownal 7 Aug. 1809. 
Joseph b. in Pownal 8 Aug. 1812. 

Matthevv b. in Pownal 25 June 1814; m. (Int. Rec. 6 April 1829) 
Jerusha Berry of Gray. 
Ruth b. 1 Sept. 1816. 
Stephen b. in Durham 22 Feb. 1819. 
John b. 25 Feb. 1821. 
Mary Elizabeth b. 12 March 1823. 
Thatcher Davis b. 7 Feb. 1825. 
Samuel Holbrooks b. 15 Jan. 1827. 
Benjamin b. 25 Jan. 1830. 

Benjamin Duran, son of John and grandson of Dea. Matthew, 
was born in New Gloucester 15 Feb. 1816; m. 8 May 1845 Mary, 
dau. of Theophilus S. Thomas; d. 21 Jan. 1895. His wife died 
I June 1885. 

Emma C. b. 2 May 1846; d. 28 Aug. 1864. 
Marietta d. young. 
Edwin B. b. 3 May 1851. 



178 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

DYER. 

The intentions of marriage of Micah Dyer and Hannah Marri- 
ner were recorded in old Falmouth 8 April 1749. David, their 
son, was born in Cape Elizabeth 13 Jan. 1754: Married 22 Aug. 
1775 Tamisin Dennison, who was born at Cape Ann 15 March 
1757. Settled in Royalsborough in 1773. He built the house 
where Wesley Day now lives, at the junction of the old " Hallo- 
well Road" with the County Road. Barnabas Strout kept store 
and hotel in this house earlier than 1814. David Dyer died in 
1807. 

David Jr. b. 3 Aug. 1776. 

Jane b. 25 Jan. 1780; d. 10 Nov. 1780. ^ 

Ezekiel b. 22 Nov. 1779; m. Mary Dyer of Cape Elizabeth. 

George Dennison b. 15 Aug. 1771. 

William b. 4 July 1782. 

Benj. B. b. 25 Jan. 1784. 

.'Sarah Osgood b. 7 July 1789. 

Jonathan b. 25 Dec. 1791. 

John b. 5 April 1799; m. Margaret Mars who was b. in Pejepscot 
2 Nov. 1800. They lived in Brunswick. 8 ch. 
Family of Moses and Mary Dyer. 

Mary b. 30 Sept. 1798; m. 15 June 1828 Benj. Spiller of Raymond. 

Hannah b. 1 Feb. 1801; m. 1 Nov. 1827 Samuel Duran Jr. of Ray- 
mond. 

Eleanor b. 1 June 1803; m. 1 Nov. 1828 Isaac Deering of Lisbon. 

Almira b. 7 June 1807; m. 27 March 1831 Jabez Deering of Lisbon. 

Moses b. 1 Oct. 1809; m. int. 3 Oct. 1830 Anna B. Nason of Minot. 

Charles b. 30 Dec. 181 1. 

Israel b. 24 Aug. 1815. 

Micah Dyer, brother of David, b. in Cape Elizabeth 28 Oct. 
175 1, came to Royalsborough in 1772. Lived by the river near 
S. W. Bend; m. 29 Oct. 1772 Sarah Holland. 

Sally b. 13 Oct. 1773; m. 25 April 1793 Robert Mitchell (?) 

Nathan b. 9 July 1775; d. 16 July 1775. 

Betsey b. 15 Oct. 1776; m. 18 Oct. 1798 Francis Harmon. 

Jane b. 15 Nov. 1780; d. 14 June 1799. 

Mary b. 15 Nov. 1778; m. 14 Dec. 1809 Timothy Hibbard. 

Micah Jr. b. 13 Sept. 1782; m. 24 Nov. 1803 Mary Murray. Ch. Sally 
b. 27 Aug. 1804. 

Benjamin b. 20 Sept. 1784; d. 20 June 1799. 

Richard b. 21 June 1787; m. int. 29 Oct. 1808 Mary Merrill. 

David Jr. b. 11 March 1790; d. 10 Sept. 1792. 

Susannah b. 11 Jan. 1793; m. 16 Jan. 1812 James Clark. Lived in 
Monmouth; d. 19 Oct. 1834. 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES I 79 

Reuben Dyer b. at Cape Elizabeth 9 Sept. 1770, m. 21 April 
1794 Elizabeth Bagley in Durham. She was born in Salisbury, 
Mass. 26 April 1770. 

O. Israel Bagley b. 18 April 1796. 
Mary b. 25 March 1798. 

Reuben Jr. b. 14 Feb. 1800; m. Margaret Snow of Harpswell; d. 
s. p. in Bath. 

ESTES. 

The Estes family, it is claimed, is descended from Albert 
Azo II, Marquis of Liguria, Italy, born about 1097. He was 
the founder of the noble Houses of Este and of Brunswick, and 
hence the ancestor of the more recent British sovereigns. 

Richard Estes, son of Robert and Dorothy Estes of Dover, 
Eng., born March 1647, came to N. Eng. in 1684, married Eliz- 
abeth Beck of Dover, N. H. 23 April 1687. They lived in Lynn 
and Salem, Mass. Their son Edward was born 20 Feb. 1703 in 
Lynn ; m. 27 Aug. 1730 Mrs. Patience (Carr) Peckham and died 
in Royalsborough, 1788. He resided in Hanover, Mass., and in 
Harpswell before moving to Durham with his son. He had 12 
children, of whom Caleb was born in Hanover, Mass., 26 Nov. 
1747; m. 24 June 1769, Lydia dau. of John Bishop, and died in 
1822. She was born 20 Aug. 1749 and died 4 May 1815 ; he m. 
(2) 1,7 Oct. 1816 Eunice (Nichols) Estes. Nov. 12, 1770 he 
received deed of Lot 18, in Royalsborough, though it is evident 
that he had been living there for some time. By his first mar- 
riage there were eleven children. He was one of the founders of 
the Society of Friends in Durham. 

Caleb Estes lived in the two-story house west of the Friends 
meeting house. One day he moved back from the dinner table 
and said, "I have breakfasted with you and dined with you, but 
1 shall sup in my Father's kingdom," and died immediately. 

Lydia b. 8 May 1770; m. (Int. Rec. 28 June 1794) Win. P. Story; d. 
s. p. Nov. 1855. 

Sarah b. 4 March 1772; m. Elisha Tuttle; d. 15 Jan. 1857. 

Simeon b. 17 Feb. 1774; m. 9 March 1797 Sarah, dau. of Daniel and 
Mary (Collins) Davis of Lewiston. Farmer in Pownal. Died 6 July 
1863. 12 ch. 

Patience b. 29 Jan. 1776; m. (Int. Rec. 19 June 1794) James Estes; 
d. 20 March 1805. 

Caleb b. 6 April 1778; m. (1) 1805 Charlotte, dau. of Josiah and 
Thankful (Blethen) Day; m. (2) 2 Sept. 1823 Sarah Robinson. 7 ch. 



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by 1st marriage; 3 by 2d. He moved about 1814 to China. Me., and 
died 25 May 1864. 

Joseph b. 5 Sept. 1780; m. 1 Oct. 1801 Mary, dau. of Noah Jones; died 
16 Nov. 1851. 7 ch. 

Israel b. 25 Aug. 1782; m. (Int. Rec. 19 Oct. 1803) Sarah Booker; 
m. (2) 20 Feb. 1840 Mrs. Charlotte (Blake) Johnson. 11 ch. by 1st mar- 
riage. He died 25 Mch. 1875. 

Thomas b. 20 Aug. 1784; m. Dec. 1811 Bettie H. Alden of Greene, Me. 
Died 16 Oct. 1870. She was b. 19 Oct. 1786 and d. 23 Jan. 1857; 12 ch. 

John b. 19 Oct. 1786; d. 22 Nov. 1787. 

Desire b. 15 Oct. 1788; d. 15 July 1880; m. Isaac Cox. 12 ch. 

Mary b. 15 Feb. 1792; m. 3 Feb. 1811 James Cox; d. 22 Feb. 1865. 
n ch. 

Thomas Estes, named above, was a farmer in South Durham. 
See Biog. Sketch. His children were : 

Stillman b. 13 Dec. 1812; m. (1) 14 April 1841 Irene Jones of China, 
Me.; m. (2) Statira Allen. Farmer in St. Albans. 5 ch. Died in West- 
brook, Me. 28 April 1885. 

Lydia b. 30 March 1S14; m. 14 May 1843 Win. D. Larrabee; d. 17 
Nov. 1871. 3 ch. 

Lewis A. b. 11 Dec. 1815; m. See Biographical Sketch. 

Bettie H. b. 6 June 1817; m. Chas. C. Smith. 

Horace b. 14 June 1819; educated at Kent's Hill; a teacher in the 
West; d. near Des Moines, Iowa, 23 Feb. 1884, leaving a daughter. 

Emily b. 6 Aug. 1821 ; m. Silas Plummer of Lisbon. 

Charlotte b. 4 Aug. 1823; m. Randolph C. Michaels of Durham. 
Lives in Plymouth. 111. 

Thomas A. b. 19 April 1825; m. Mary P. Alexander of Harpswell. 
Res. Des Moines, la. 

George H. b. 12 March 1827; m. Emeline Trufant of Durham. 

Philena b. 14 Aug. 1828; m. Wm. W. Patch of Rutland, Vt. 

Wm. Roscoe Greene b. 22 Nov. 1830; m. (1) 7 July 1857 Maria E. 
Osgood; (2) 30 April 1865 Caroline Walker. See Biog. Sketch. 

Christina b. 5 Oct. 1834; d. 25 Aug. 1884. Unm. 

Edward Estes, brother of Caleb, was born in Hanover, Mass. 
Nov. 11, 1745; m. 6 Sept. 1770 Prudence, dau. of James and 
Sarah Goddard. June 10, 1771 received deed of Lot 6 in Dur- 
ham. Their children were. 

James b. 13 Oct. 1771; see below. 

Sarah b. 8 Feb. 1773; m. Isaac Hoxie; d. Nov. 1863. 

Silas b. 3 Nov. 1776; see p. 181. 

Phebe b. 26 Feb. 1779; d. 18 Feb. 1785. 

James Estes b. 13 Oct. 1771 ; m. (1) 8 July 1794 his cousin 
Patience, dau. of Caleb Estes. (2) 9 April 1808 Joanna Blethen. 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES 151 

The following children by first marriage were born in Durham. 
After his second marriage he lived in Canton and Livermore and 
had other five children. Died Nov. 1863, aged 91 yrs. 

John b. 27 April 1795; d. s. p. 
William b. 8 Feb. 1797; d. s. p. 
Lydia, twin to William; d. 11 March 1797. 

Phebe b. 11 Nov. 1798; m. 14 March 1816 Abijah Douglas. Lived in 
Hebron, Dixfield and Passadumkeag. 3 ch. 

Caleb b. 20 Sept. 1800; m. Annie Libby; d. s. p. 25 Dec. 1888. 
Joshua Bishop b. 9 Nov. 1803; d. s. p. at sea. 

Silas Estes b. 3 Nov. 1776. m. 14 May 1794 Mary Sargent of 

Bath. Died 8 Dec. 1855 in Durham. 9 ch. 

Edward b. 20 Sept. 1796; m. 8 May 1825 Mary Goddard; d. s. p. 
7 Jan. 1863. 

Prudence b. 22 July 1798; m. 28 Aug. 1818 John V. Davis; d. 2 Aug. 
1880. 11 ch. 

Wealthy b. 22 May 1800; m. 18 Feb. 1819 Henry Plummer; d. 15 
Jan. 1830. 5 ch. 

Miriam b. 20 Sept. 1802; m. 29 May 1832 Ezekiel Mcintosh; d. 13 
Oct. 1S64. 5 ch. 

Josiah b. 29 July 1804; m. Hannah Hoxie of Vassalboro. Lived in 
Lewiston; died 20 Feb. 1862. 11 ch. 

Joseph b. 9 Nov. 1806; m. 7 Nov. 1833 Joanna Bibber of Freeport; 
d. 20 June 1872. Lived in Durham. 6 ch. 

Sarah H. b. 3 March 1809; m. 17 April 1845 Alpheus Fairfield of 
Vassalboro. 4 ch. 

Samuel b. 3 March 1809: m. 13 Oct. 1831 Miriam Frye of Falmouth. 
Had six children born in Durham. 

Isaac H. b. 9 Dec. 1812; m. Sept. 1831 Dorothy Doughty; d. 13 July 
1871. 9 children. 

Joseph Estes, son of Edward and Patience, brother of Caleb, 
born in Harpswell 21 July 1750, married Mary Goddard 29 Nov. 
1775. Moved to Royalsborough in 1776. Settled on lot 3. 
Was a tanner. Died without issue and was succeeded in the 
business of a tanner by Nathan Hawks of Windham. 

There was also a Matthew Estes, saddle maker, and Elizabeth 
his wife. Came from Mass. Had children born in Durham, 
George b. April 1816 and Esther b. 23 June 1819. Is said to 
have had a son Thaxter Estes who practiced law in Readfield.* 

*For further particulars see Estes Genealogies, by Charles Estes 01 
Warren. R. I. 



1 82 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

EVELETH. 

Silvester Eveleigh or Eveleth was a baker in Boston in 1642. 
He removed to Gloucester in 1644 and died there 4 Jan. 1689. 
His son Joseph, m. Mary Bragg, was one of the jurors in the 
witchcraft trials at Salem, in 1692. He died 1 Dec. 1745, aged 

105 yrs. His son Isaac m. Sarah and had a son Isaac who 

m. Elizabeth Parsons. Their son Nathaniel was one of the early 
settlers of New Gloucester, Me., coming from Gloucester, Mass. 
as early as 1756. He was Town Clerk in New Gloucester 1774- 
1816 and often Selectman. He m. Mary Glass. Their son James 
m. Hannah Austin. 

James Henry Eveleth, son of the last named, was born in 
New Gloucester 6 Feb. 1816. He came to Durham in 183 1 and 
resided at S. W. Bend as a shoemaker till his death, 14 April 1889. 
He was Postmaster many years, Representative in 1866, and one 
year Town Treasurer. He was one of the early advocates of 
temperance, and left the memory of an unblemished character. 
He m. (1) 3 Dec. 1839 Mary S., dau. of Orlando and Sarah 
(Wagg) Merrill of Durham, b. 6 Oct. 1819, d. 15 July 1844; m. 
(2) 3 April 1845 Sophronia W., dau. of William and Olive (Wood- 
man) Jackson of Minot, b. 1 Feb. 1824, d. 24 Oct. 1851 ; m. (3) 
1 1 July 1852, Martha B., dau. of William and Anna (Norris) Lang 
of Durham, b. 30 Sept. 1829, d. 2 June 1861 ; m. (4) 16 Nov. 1862 
Mary E. dau. of John and Joanna (Larrabee) Roak of Durham, 
b. 13 Jan. 1826 Two children by first marriage. 

Julius Edwin b. 2 July 1841. See Biog. Sketch. 

Frederick Howard b. 21 Mch. 1843. See Biog. Sketch. 

Two by second marriage. 

James Alpheus b. 1 Aug. 1847; went to Cal. in 1867. He is a Com- 
mission Merchant of Fruit and Produce in San Francisco. Married 11 
Feb. 1877 Cordelia, dau. of Barton England of Santa Rosa, Cal. 6 ch. 

Millard Fillmore b. 2 and d. 21 Sept. 1849. 

Three by third marriage. 

Marcus William b. 17 March 1854; m. 15 Nov. 1876 Ada, dau. of 
Roland Sylvester of Durham. They have one son Julius Greenleaf. Res. 
Durham. 

Harlan Fremont b. 30 Dec. 1855; m. 10 Jan. 1894 Alice W., dau. of 
Daniel and Sarah (Tappan) Ames. Res. Arlington, Mass. One son, 
Harlan Alpheus. 

Mary Sophronia b. 3 Nov. 1859; d. 19 Oct. 1877. 

One dau. by fourth marriage. 
Martha Louise b. 26 Feb. 1870. 



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GENEALOGICAL NOTES 1 83 

FARR. 

Henry Farr, Jr. was on the military list in 1787 and his father 
Henry Parr was on the Alarm list of same date. The latter is 
mentioned in 1782. Henry, Jr.'s family is recorded as follows. 
He m. 1790 Asenath Brown of Brunswick. 

Simeon b. 24 Aug. 1791. 

John b. 3 Mch. 1793. 

Elizabeth b. 11 May 1795. 

Reuben b. 8 April 1797; m. 3 Dec. 1818 Margaret Nichols of Durham. 

William b. 20 Mch. 1799; m. 3 Jan. 1828 Anne Ridlon. 

Barbaree b. 22 July 1801; m. 1825 Wm. Blackstone of Pownal. 

David m. 16 Dec. 1830 Eliza Bowie. 

FARR A R. 

John Farrar of Royalsborough was the descendant of John 
Farrar who in 1635 came from Hingham, Eng., with his wife 
Frances and settled in Hingham, Mass. The family is said to 
be of Norman origin, dating back to the time of William the 
Conqueror. The emigrant, John Farrar, died in 1678 at a great 
age. He had four daughters and two sons, one of whom, Nathan, 
b. 17 Sept. 1654, m. 5 Dec. 1683 Mary Garnett, and had five chil- 
dren. Of these Jonathan, b. 20 June 1789, m. Johannah 

and had sons Jonathan, David and John. David settled in Buck- 
field, Me., and John, b. 1724, settled in N. Yarmouth, marrying 
21 June 1747 Jael, dau. of Richard Stubbs. She was born 
26 Dec. 1724 and died 9 Oct. 1809. John Farrar of N. Yarmouth 
died 25 May 1803. They had Rachel, Hannah, John bap. 17 
Nov. 1754, Nathan, bap. 25 Nov. 1759, Huldah and Sarah. 

John Farrar married in N. Yarmouth 9 April 1776 Mary Vin- 
ing, probably sister of Benjamin Vining afterward of Durham. 
She lived but a little while and had no children. He married 
20 Sept. 1781 Hannah Shaw of Woolwich, whose ancestors are 
said to have come from the Isle of Guernsey. His farm in Dur- 
ham is shown on the surveyor's map, near Methodist Corner A 
deed shows that he was living in Durham in 1780. He was road 
surveyor in 1784 and on the training band in 1787. He moved 
to what is now Webster in 1793. He died in the fall of 1828. 
His wife died several years later. Their first five children were 
born in Durham. 

Mary b. 20 Sept. 1782; m. Joshua Haley; lived in Lisbon. 

Nathan b. 16 Dec. 1784; m Esther Garcelon of Lewiston. 



I»4 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

Benjamin b. 5 Nov. 1786; lost at sea. 

Reuben b. 8 Jan. 1789; m. (1) Carville; (2) Jane Small. 

John b. 29 Dec. 1792; m. 1815 Martha Ham. 

James b. 21 Aug. 1794; m. (1) 21 April 1819 Emily Hamilton; (2) 
Desdemona Wilson. 

Josiaii b. 6 Aug. 1796; m. Mary Ann Handy. 

Susanna b. 6 Aug. 1799; m. Clifford. 

David b. 30 May 1802; m. (1) Abbie Atwood; (2) Phoebe Flint; 
(3) 

Hannah b. 6 Jan. 1806. 

Ira b. 29 June 1809 m. Hinkley. 

FERGUSON. 

George Ferguson, b. at Pelham, N. H. 13 Oct. 1765 ; m. at 
Truro, Mass. 19 Sept. 1788 Thankful Rich who was born at Truro 
15 March J766. They settled in Durham in 1788. He died 
17 Aug. 1829. She died 13 Feb. 1846. This was a very prom- 
inent Methodist family. The sons died unmarried or without 
issue and so the family name has long been extinct in Durham. 
The Town Records mention the following children. 

Jane b. 26 June 1789; m. 7 April 1807 Rev. Allen H. Cobb; d. 13 
Feb. 1815. 

Anna b. 12 Nov. 1790. Is this the "Nancy" who m. 16 April 1816 
Rev. Allen H. Cobb; d. 1871. 

David b. 29 Jan. 1793; d. 12 June 1816. 

Jonathan b. 4 March 1797; d. 26 Mch. 1815. 

Ammi C. b. 5 July 1799; m. 10 Mch. 1818 Jane Gerrish of Lisbon. 
Died soon after marriage. 

Betsey b. 29 May 1802; m. 3 April 1821 Zebulon Tyler of Pownal. 

FICKETT. 

Two brothers, Thomas and Joshua Fickett came from Scar- 
boro. Joshua settled in Durham about 1794. He married .Mary 
Hunnewell. Lived and died near Rice's School House. His 
son Abner married 2 Dec. 1830 Roxana Edwards and died 25 
April 1885. Other children were John, Sarah and James. The 
last married 4 Mch. 1838 Nancy Ann Larrabee. 

Thomas Fickett married 23 July 1807 Ruth, sister of George 
Rice. He died 20 Aug. 1848, aged 67. His wife died 3 Feb. 
1873 aged yi yrs. 1 mo. 24 dys. 

Daniel b. 1810; m. (1) 1833 Paulina F. Turner, who died 19 July 1847, 
aged 37; (2) 21 May 1848 Hannah Stackpole. He died 14 Nov. 1852. 
By second marriage there were two sons; Henry, b. 26 May 1850, m. Cora 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES 1 85 

Anderson of Yarmouth, d. 29 Dec. 1875; and Daniel Jr. b. 10 Oct. 1851, 
d. 23 Nov. 1852. 

Simon b. 2 Feb. 1822, d. 3 Nov. 1890; m. (1) Angelia Fennel of West- 
brook, by whom there was one dau. Angelia; (2) Lydia A. Sawyer of 
New Gloucester who died 17 Aug. 1870, aged 45 yrs. 1 mo. 21 days. They 
had ch. Rev. Benjamin F. (see p. 74) Lydia Ella. Adriana and Simon 
Lewis; (3) Mrs. Sarah Shepherd of Greene; (4) Mrs. Harriet C. Hutchin- 
son of Brunswick, by whom there was one son, Daniel W. All the 
children are now living. 

Mary m. 11 Feb. 1836 Thomas Murray of Portland. 

Eliza m. Lemuel Dyer of Westbrook. 

Fannie Newell. 

Lydia m. Hatch of Portland. 

Anna m. 10 July 1831 Jacob Wilbur. 

Abigail m. 26 July 1835 Eliphalet S. Haskell. 

FIELD. 
Samuel Field was a shoemaker and tanner. He lived first 
at the Bend and was afterward associated in business with Nathan 
Hawkes in So. Durham. He died 22 Feb. 1854. Hs wife Anna 
died 21 Jan. 1845. IO cn - 

Mary b. 8 July 1782; m. Nicholas Varney; d. 30 Nov. 1871; John b. 
22 Nov. 1784; Stephen b. 13 April 1787; Hannah b. 5 Feb. 1790, m. John 
Crossman; Sarah b. 13 Oct. 1792. m. Ezra Sawyer: James b. 24 Mch. 179.5, 
d. 21 Mch. 1798: Absalom b. 18 Aug. 1799. d. 4 Jan. 1802; Abigail b. 23 
Nov. 1S01; m. Oliver Conant. d. 188S; Samuel b. 23 July 1804. 

FIF1ELD. 
Edward F [field was in Royalsborough as early as 1784. 
He was born at Kingstown, Mass., 10 July 1765. He married 
1 March 1787, Mary Bagley, who was born in Salisbury, Mass., 
22 Nov. 1768. His family is given below. All moved to Green- 
wood, Me.. 1814-1817. He built the house in Durham where 
Mrs. Thompson now lives, lot 105. 

O. Israel Bagley Fifield b. 15 April 1787; m. 13 March 1808 Com- 
fort Ring. 

John b. 17 Dec. 1788; m. Hannah Roak. 

Elizabeth b. 31 May 1791. 

Winthrop b. 17 April 1793; d. 21 April 1794. 

Dolly b. 25 May 1795. Unm. 

Mary Snow b. 20 Nov. 1796; d. 8 Feb. 1805. 

Susannah b. 28 Feb. 1799; d. 12 Feb. 1805. 

Anna b. 20 June 1801. 

Lora Newell b. 20 Aug. 1806. 



1 86 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

FROST. 
Phinchas Frost was living on the County Road when it was 
built in 1770. Wife's name was Margaret. Their ten children 
are recorded in Freeport. He sold his land in Royalsborough to 
Eliot Frost of Berwick in 1775, who sold to Stephen Weston and 
Nathaniel Gerrish. There is no evidence that Eliot Frost lived 
in Royalsborough. His brother Ichabod Frost, bought lots 72, 
80 and part of 79. So he was the first owner and settler of the 
land where the village of S. W. Bend now is. In 1777 he sold 
25 acres of lot 80 to Elias Davis and Bethiah, his wife, who did 
not long remain in town. He sold the rest of lot 80 to Samuel 
Nichols in 1780. Ichabod Frost's wife was Susanna, and they 
were then living in No. Yarmouth. The births of two of their 
children are recorded in Royalsborough, viz : George, b. 4 Mch. 
1774 and Amos Adams, b. 20 Feb. 1778. 

GERRISH. 

Capt. William Gerrish, born in Bristol, Eng., 20 Aug. 1617, 
came to New England as early as 1639 and settled in Newbury, 
Mass. He m. (1) 17 April 1645, Joanna, widow of John Oliver 
and dau. of Percival Lowle. She died 14 June 1677. He moved 
to Boston and m. (2) Ann, widow of John Manning. He died 
in Salem, Mass. 9 Aug. 1687. His oldest son John, born 15 May 
1646, married in 1665 Elizabeth, dau. of Major Richard Waldron 
of Dover, N. H., where he settled and became a prominent citizen. 
He died in 1714. Of his ten children Nathaniel was born in 1672 
and married Bridget, dau. of Hon. Wm. Vaughn of Portsmouth. 
They had children Nathaniel, William, Charles, George, Rich- 
ard and Bridget. * 

Charles Gerrish, born in Berwick, 17 16, married Mary Frost. 
See p. 13. Their first two children were born in Berwick ; the 
rest, in old Falmouth. 

William b. 27 June 1744. 

Charles b. 18 Oct. 1746. 

Nathaniel b. 7 April 1751. 

George b. 16 June 1753. 

James died in the Revolutionary Army, at age of 20 yrs. 

Mary, m. Abner, son of Lawrence Harris of Lewiston, Int. Rec. in N. 
Yarmouth 2 Mch. 1782. Ten children. The parents moved to Ohio in 
1813 and died soon after. 

*For Genealogy of early Gerrishes see N. E. Register Vol. VI. p. 
258 and Vol. LI. p. 67. 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES 1 87 

Lt. William Gerrish, son of Major Charles, married 3 April 
1767 Esther Parker of N. Yarmouth b. 6 Feb. 1745. He settled 
on lots 73 and 74 Durham. He died there 6 June 1812 and is 
buried in the cemetery near by. His wife died 14 April 1839. 

Nathaniel b. 29 Aug. 1767. See below. 

Betsey b. and d. 3 Oct. 1769. 

Richard b. 10 Jan. 1772; settled in Aroostook Co. 

Benjamin b. 22 April 1774. See p. 188. 

Jane b. 29 May 1776; m. 26 Aug. 1796 Dr. Symonds Baker. 

James b. 16 Sept. 1778. See p. 189. 

Sarah b. 13 Sept. 1781; m. 12 April 1801 Meshack Purington. 

Molly b. 25 June 1783; m. 29 Nov. 1802 John Hoyt. 

William b. 20 May 1786. See p. 189. 

Charles Gerrish, son of Major Charles, married 7 Aug. 1770 
Phebe Blethen. She was probably dau. of John Blethen. The 
marriage is recorded in Brunswick. They lived on the County 
Road, in Durham. Their children were. 

Huldah b. 21 May 1771 ; Betsey b. 1 Oct. 1772 m. 4 Oct. 1789 Henry 
Warren of Freeport; Jeremiah b. 10 Oct. 1774; see p. 190; Mary b. 
4 Jan. 1778; Charles b. 9 Mch. 1780; William b. 25 July 1782; Mar- 
garet b. 25 Mch. 1785; Sally b. 4 Feb. 1789. 

Nathaniel Gerrish, son of Major Charles, married 30 Oct. 
1777 Sarah, dau. of Joseph and Abigail (Hanscom) Marriner of 
Cape Elizabeth, born 27 Aug. 1757. They lived on the County 
Road. He was a Revolutionary soldier, was for several years 
on the Board of Selectmen, and was Capt. of Militia at the time of 
his death 28 Nov. 1799. An iron rail surrounds his grave in the 
cemetery near that of the North Meeting-House. His wife died 
27 July 1831. 

George b. 24 Jan. 1779. See p. 190. 

Hannah b. 18 Jan. 1781; m. 18 Jan. 1803 Peter Sanborn. She died 
10 May 1849. For family see Hist, of Litchfield. 

Joseph Marriner b. 24 March 1783. See pp. hi and 191. 

Loruhamah b. 9 Oct. 1785; m. 27 Nov. 1806 Joseph Osgood; d. 18 
Sept. 1864. 

Sarah b. 27 Feb. 1788; m. 26 Nov. 1807 Sam'l G. Osgood: d. 30 
Sept. 1837. 

Abigail b. 16 April 1790; m. 25 Nov. 1813 Stephen Sylvester. 

Thirza b. 26 April 1792; m. 1 Jan. 1815 Christopher Lincoln. 

Moses b. 9 Aug. 1794. 

Nathaniel b. 16 Dec. 1797. Settled in Michigan. 



188 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

George Gerrish, son of Major Charles, married 20 Dec. 1781 
Mary Mitchell of Freeport, who was born 21 June 1758 and died 
7 Dec. 1816. He lived on the original Gerrish homestead and 
cared for his father in old age. Died 23 .May 1814. 

Susannah b. 10 Sept. 1782; m. 22 Mch. 1801 Thomas Bagley; moved 
to Troy, Me. Died June 1868. 

James b. 22 Nov. 1784. See p. 190. 

John b. 10 June 1787. See p. 190. 

Charles b. 7 Aug. 1789; m. 23 April 1S12 Betsey Woodbury; moved 
to N. Y. State and died there. Three ch. 

Mary b. 3 Feb. 1792; m. 18 May 1817 Thomas Winslow of Freeport. 
Died 7 May 1819. 

Nathaniel, son of Lt. William Gerrish, married in Harpswell, 
1791, Sarah, widow of Lemuel McGray and dan. of Joshua Strout. 
1 Ic built the house where Prescott Strout now lives at S. W. Bend 
and kept hotel there in 1812. Moved to Lisbon Factory in 1817 
where he owned a mill and kept hotel. His wife died 17 Nov. 
1829 and he married (2) Phoebe Weymouth, who died 8 June 
1856, aged 64 yrs. He died 8 Jan. 1856. 

Elizabeth b. 11 Jan. 1792; m. 13 Feb. 1813 Joseph H. Hoyt. 

Joshua Strout b. 27 May 1794; m. 21 Oct. 1817 Charlotte Sydleman. 
Died in Lisbon 23 Sept. 1875. His wife died 22 Jan. 1879. Ch. Everett 
of Lisbon, Edward H. of Lewiston and Charlotte who m. Dr. David B. 
Sawyer. 

Esther b. 9 April 1799; m. Zadock Jones and d. in W. Bowdoin. 

Sophia b. 7 May 1803; m. Caleb Jones. Died in China, Me. 

Mary b. 26 July 1806; m. David McFarland of Lisbon. 

Joseph b. 26 July 1806; d. 16 Jan. 1807. 

Children by second marriage. 

Charles Wm. b. 19 Sept. 1830; d. in Lisbon. 

Alpheus S. b. 18 June 1836. Lives in Nevada. 

Benjamin, son of Lt. William Gerrish, married 28 Nov. 1798 
Sally True. Lived on a portion of his father's farm. Died 20 
Aug. 1854. His wife died 26 June 1852, aged 74 yrs. 

Almira b. 6 July 1799; m. 1817 Abram True and moved to Ohio. 

Arzilla b. 9 Feb. 1801; m. 1820, Andrew Blethen. 

Hannah b. 9 Jan. 1803; m. 13 Aug. 1823 James Strout; d. 7 May 1881. 

Mary b. 13 Jan. 1805; m. 4 April 1S32 Jeremiah B. Day. 

Sally m. 23 June 1836 Greenfield H. Harris. 

Abigail b. 9 Sept. 1814; m. 1 May 1853 Leonard Macomber; d. Mch. 
1868. 

David T. b. 3 Sept. 1815; see p. 191. 

Caroline m. 1 Jan. 1840 Jeremiah Day; d. 29 Oct. 1840, aged 30 yrs. 
4 mos. 



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GENEALOGICAL NOTES 1 89 

James, son of Lt. William Gerrish, married 26 Nov. 1801 
Susanna Roberts. He lived on a portion of the homestead. 
Died 8 Oct. 1865. His wife died 2j Aug. [865. 

Mercy b. 4 May 1802; d. young. 

Ansel b. 25 Feb. 1804; m. Phebe Beal; see p. 70; d. 19 Aug. 1859. 

Sally b. 25 Sept. 1806; m. 20 Aug. 1831 John Marston 3d of N. 
Yarmouth. 

Irena b. 31 Jar-. 1809; d. young. 

Susanna b. 14 April 1812; m. Amrai Vining. 

Angelina b. 12 July 1813. Unm. 

Salina b. 17 Jan. 1S16; m. 3 June 1845 Joel H. Trafton; d. 20 Aug. 
1874 in Durham. 

Mary b. 29 April 1819; m. Merrill W. Strout; lives in Woburn, Mass. 

James Wm. b. 25 Dec. 1820; m. (1) Lucy Hersey; (2) Sarah West. 
Ch. by first marriage, John H. and Albertha m. John Allen. James W. 
Gerrish died at Auburn, Me., 6 Jan. 1899. 

John b. 7 June 1825; d. 13 Nov. 1847. Unm. 

William Gerrish, son of Lieut. Wm. and Esther (Parker) 
Gerrish was born in Royalsborough 20 May 1786; m. (1) 25 
Nov. 181 1, Mary Sydleman ; (2) 13 May 1821 Sophia Thomas 
who died June 1835 ; (3) 1849 Mrs. (Hoyt) Adams of Readfield. 
He built the brick house where Andrew Fitz now lives about 
1832. The bricks were made on the bank of the river in front of 
the house where he lived for many years. He died, in 1862, in 
Durham. Old residents will be glad to see his portrait. 

Emily b. 1812; m. 29 Nov. 1837 Moses Atkinson; d. abt. 1850 in 
Hartland. 

Jane M. b. 1813; d. in infancy. 

William b. April, 1815; m. 7 Dec. 1843 Rachel C. Whitney; both are 
living. 

Albert H. b. 8 Oct. 1816; m. 27 April 1843 Lydia Ann Lunt of 
Brunswick; lives at Berlin, N. H. 

Mary Jane b. 1818; m. 5 May 1850 Albert Wyer; d. in Lynn, Mass. 
abt. 1854. 

Maria b. 1820; d. at age of four years. 

Jabez Woodman b. 1824; m. ij April 1849 Harriet J. Weston. 
Residence, Brockton, Mass. 

Charles b. 1826; d. abt. 1848. 

Edwin b. 1829; d. in Berlin, N. H. 25 March, 1897. 

Henry b. 1832; d. 1855. 

Sophia b. 1835; d. 1838. 



I9O HISTORY OF DURHAM 

Jeremiah Gerrish, son of Charles, 2d, married, 7 Dec. 1800 
Mary Duran. Lived near Pownal line in West Durham. Died 
25 July 1822. His wife died 10 Sept. 1851, aged 80 years. 

Hezekiah b. I Nov. 1801 ; m. 19 Mch. 1845 Mary Carsley of Pownal. 

Matthew b. 8 Mch. 1804; m. 11 Mch. 1833 Phebe Bishop of Freeport. 

Elsv b. 1 Oct. 1806; m. 13 May 1831 Nathl Osgood. 

Sewall b. 17 Jan. 1809; d. 20 June 1849. 

Phebe Jane m. 23 Nov. 1843 Ammi Loring of N. Yarmouth. 

Sally b. 24 Jan. 1813; m. Ira B. Richards. 

George Gerrish, son of Nathaniel, married 24 Nov. 1805 
Esther Woodbury. Besides one who died in infancy they had, 

Angeline b. 11 Mch. 1809; d. 7 Jan. 1817. 

Geo. Washington b. 10 May 181 1. 

Joseph Marriner b. 10 May 181 1. 

Priscilla b. 19 Dec. 1812. 

Rebecca b. 27 Mch. 1815. 

Abner Harris b. 27 Aug. 1817; lived in Lee, Me. 

James, son of George and Mary (Mitchell) Gerrish, born 
22 Nov. 1784, married 8 Oct. 1808, Mary, dau. of Barstow Syl- 
vester of Freeport. Lived near the homestead on County Road. 
Farmer. Died 8 June 1824. His wife, born 1787, died 20 Aug. 
1859. 

Harrison S. b. 2y Jan. 1810; m. Jane T. Small of Lisbon. Three 
children grew up; Melissa Jane, born 29 Jan. 1836, m. Wm. T. Osgood of 
Durham; Charles Harrison b. 22 April 1838, m. 21 Sept. i860 Emily F. 
Cliaffin 01" Portland and d. there 9 Mch. 1864, leaving two ch., Charles 
Edward and Harry; Mary Adelaide, b. 27 Feb. 1841, m. Moses Osgood oi 
Durham. 

George Barstow b. 3 July 181 1; m. 17 Nov. 1841 Eliza Field. 
Died in Freeport 28 Aug. 1850. Two daughters. 

Emeline b. 7 Mch. 1817; m. 29 Mch. 1840 Amos Field of Freeport. 

Stephen S. b. 23 Mch. 1820; m. 18 Oct. 1848 Harriet N. Conner of 
Troy, Me. Died in Canaan, Me. 6 May 1864. Six ch. 

John Jordan b. 21 Dec. 1821. See p. — 

John, son of George and Mary (Mitchell) Gerrish, bom 10 
June 1787, m. 15 Sept. 181 1 Joanna W r est of Freeport. Lived on 
the old homestead. Died 5 July 1821. 

Lucy B. b. 15 June 1813; m. 17 Jan. 1841 James Meguier of Portland. 

George b. 28 Dec. 1814; d. 13 Oct. 1839. 

Mary b. 20 Aug. 1816; d. 6 July 1817. 

Albin b. 1 May 1818; m. 16 May 1841 Julia Lane of Auburn. Died 
Jan. 1850. At his death the old Gerrish homestead, that had been held 
by the family 98 years, passed into other hands. 

Lydia b. 29 April 1820; d. 3 Dec. 1820. 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES I9I 

Joseph Marriner, son of Nathaniel and Sarah (Marriner) Ger- 
rish, born 24 Mch. 1783, m. 25 Mch. 1807 (by the Rev. Samuel 
Deane D. D.) Barbara, dau. of Capt. John and Mary (Burnham; 
Scott. He married (2) 16 Nov. 1842 Mrs. Mary Ann Hersey, 
who died 28 Mch. 1897. He died in Portland 30 April 1853. 
See p. in. 

Adeline b. 23 Dec. 1808; m. 2 Nov. 1828 Wm. E. Edwards of Port- 
land. Died 11 Jan. 1875. He died 16 Sept. 1877. 

Francis Ann b. 13 Oct. 1810; m. (1) 28 June 1842 Wm. Bartol; (2) 
Reuben Ordway. Died 30 Aug. 1895. 

Joseph Frederick Augustus b. 14 June 1812; d. 28 Sept. 1813. 

Martha Martin b. 10 Mch. 1814; m. 12 Aug. 1833 Rufus Read o: 
Portland. Died 26 Sept. 1847. He died 9 Sept. 1848. 

Ellen Lucretia b. 29 Feb. 1816; d. 11 Sept. 1817. 

Joseph b. 26 Dec. 1817; d. 26 Oct. 1836. 

Edward Payson b. 8 Nov. 1819; m. 9 May 1844 Julia W. Scott. Died 
26 Nov. 1871. 

Ellen Louise b. 8 Oct. 1821 ; m. 24 Dec. 1846 Henry W. Hersey. 
Died 27 Mch. 1898. He died 27 Mch. 1890. 

Frederick Augustus b. 30 July 1823; m. 25 Sept. 1849 Martha J. 
Ordway. Died 9 April 1873. She died 4 Oct. 1881. 

Augustus Franklin b. 30 July 1823; m. 27 Dec. 1848 Caroline EH7- 
abeth, dau. of Col. James March of Gorham. She died 30 Nov. 1893. 
He lives in Portland. 

Wm. Oliver b. 3 Jan. 1827: d. 18 Oct. 1831. 

Mary Kidder b. 28 Sept. 1828; d. 20 Oct. 1831. 

Wm. Scott b. 28 June 1830; m. 1854 Hannah Bailey. Died 29 June 
1S87. She died Mch. 1890. 

David, son of Benjamin and Sally (True) Gerrish, married 
S April 1849 Lorenda Wood. Lived many years on the home- 
stead. Present residence, Somerville, Mass. 

Frederick Herbert b. 6 Mch. 185c; d. 16 Sept. 1868. 

Emma b. 22 Mch. 1853; d. 10 Mch. 1855. 

Ella Caroline b. 29 Dec. 1855; m. 28 Sept. 1876 Daniel A. Bolton. 

Almon Adelbert b. 26 Mch. 1858; m. 24 Feb. 1891 Mary N. Arnold. 
Died 16 Feb. 1893. 

GETCHELL. 

John Getchell, son of Samuel of Salisbury and grandson of 
Samuel the emigrant of 1638, came to Brunswick in 1736, and 
settled near Bull Bridge. There were baptized in Scarborough, 
19 July 1736, Elizabeth, Dorcas, Mary and Ruth, children of 
Tohn and Elizabeth Getchell. Their children born in Brans- 



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wick were Abigail, 10 May 1737, and William, 6 Sept. 1740. 
John Getchell m. (2) 1742, Mary Barber of Falmouth. They had 
twelve children. He died 10 May 1771 , aged 74 yrs. 

Dorcas b. 25 Feb. 1743; m. (.Int. Rec. 22 Oct. 1763) John Blethen. 

Samuel b. 15 Aug. 1745; m. 16 July 1765 (1) Sarah Simmons in Harps- 
well; (2) 12 April 1809 Mary Tibbetts. He settled in Litchfield and died 
1822. 12 ch. born in Brunswick, 6 in Litchfield. 

John b. 3 Dec. 1748; m. in Cape Elizabeth 19 Sept. 1771 Elizabeth 
Robinson. He was then "of Royal's Town." Their children recorded 
in Durham were Daniel b. 8 Sept. 177.-;: Abigail b. 21 Dec. 1777; Betty 
b. 6 Dec. 1772. There were probably others. 

Mary b. 23 March 1750; m. Solomon Tracy. 

Hugh b. 26 Dec. 1752. See below. 

Robert b. 21 Sept. 1754; m. 27 Mch. 1777 Sarah Hall. He was 
drowned while crossing the river in a snow storm, just above Lisbon 
Falls in 1807. His son Winslow was born 14 Jan. 1785 and moved to 
Bowdoin in 1808. Winslow's son, David B. of Auburn was born 14 
June 1813. 

Judith b. 18 Aug. 1756; m. 25 Dec. 1775 Clement Orr of Harpswell, 
afterward of Durham. 

Susanna b. 21 June 1757. 

Nathaniel b. 14 May 1759; see below. 

Anna b. 14 June 1761; m. Christopher Tracy. 

Elizabeth W. b. 15 Feb. 1764; m. Samuel Tracy. 

Joseph Riggs. See below. 

Hugh Getchell came with his father to Royalsborough about 
1770; m. 26 Jan. 1775 Mary Walles of Brunswick and died in 
Durham in 1838. Their children were. 

David b. 11 Nov. 1776; m. Susanna Davis; (2) 16 July 1815 Sally 
(Davis) Douglas. He died in Litchfield II Aug. 1858. See Hist, of 
Litchfield. 

Josiaii b. 4 Oct. 1778; d. 23 June 1797. 

Bethany b. 19 Oct. 1780; m. Joseph Varney of Brunswick. 

Jeremiah b. 30 March 1783; m. 13 Sept. 1804 Sarah Babb of Durham. 

Elisha b. 13 Jan. 1785; m. 17 June 1824 Eliza Owen; (2) Mrs. Mary 
(Duran) Douglas, widow of Rev. Wm. Douglas. See below. 

Hugh b. 15 Mch. 1787; m. Prudence Davis; d. 1 Sept. 1864. See Hist, 
of Litchfield. 

Mary b. 14 April 1789; m. 30 July 1815 Josiah Magoon of Litchfield. 
Lived in Hartland. 

Lucy b. 14 Feb. 1792. Unm. 

Sarah b. 28 Sept. 1793; m. 17 May 1820 Wm. Beal of Durham. 

Lvdia b. 24 July 1795; m. 1827, James Booker of Durham. 

Isaac b. 12 July 1797; m. 1824, Susannah Getchell of Brunswick. 
Lived in St. Albans. 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES I 93 

Elihtj b. 22 Mch. 1799. Unm. 

Israel b. 24 Mch. 1802; m. 10 Oct. 1830 Alice Skolfield of Bruns- 
wick. Ch. Emery b. 4 Feb. 1831. Unm. Lives in St. Albans; Lindly 

b. 4 July 1833 m. Bibber, lives in Harpswell; Emeline Lovina b. 2 

July 1835. 

Nathaniel Getchell. mentioned above, m. 6 Dec. 1781 Merriam 
Blethen in Brunswick. Tlieir ch. born in Durham were. 

Phebe b. 19 Jan. 1783; m. 30 Oct. 1798 Timothy Dunton. 
James b. 26 June 1784; d. 2 June 1802. 

Judith b. 26 May 1786; m. 15 April 1812 Wm. Jones of Brunswick. 
Rhoda b. 12 Oct. 1789; d. 21 June 1802. 

Nancy b. 22 Jan. 1792; m. 13 Feb. 1S14 Joseph Malcolm of Lisbon. 
Wealthy b. 18 Mch. 1794; m. 11 April 1813 Abel Kimball of Lisbon. 
Nathaniel Jr. b. 20 Mch. 1797; m. 1825 Deborah Bicknell of Buck- 
field. 

Merriam b. 2 Aug. 1799. 

Lovey b. 26 July 1801 ; m. 1 July 1819 James Coombs of Bowdoin. 

Phebe b. 7 June 1803. 

Anna b. 19 Dec. 1804. 

Joseph Riggs Getchell married. Nov. 1786 Grace Springer. 
Their children seem to have been as follows. 

Margaret b. 6 April 1787; m. 7 Jan. 1S10 Christopher Tracy. 

Love b. 5 Sept. 1789; Riggs b. 5 Nov. 1791; Daniel b. 16 Mch. 1794. 

Mary b. 26 Nov. 1798; Grace b. 5 July 1804; James b. 3 Oct. 1806; 
Louis b. 13 Dec. 1808. 

Elisha, son of Hugh Getchell m. (1) Eliza Owen; (2) Mrs. 
Mary (Duran) Douglas. He died 26 Jan. 1882. Their children 
were. 

Alfred b. 11 Oct. 1823; m. Sarah Prescott. 

Jeremiah b. 3 April 1823: m. Harriet Doughty of Topsham; d. in 
Raymond. 

Hugh b. 1 April 1827: d. 21 Oct. 1843- 

Arnee b. 27 April 1829; d. in Cal. 

Eliza Ann b. 14 Feb. 1S32; m. Wm. Stimpson. 

Elisha A. b. I July 1842; m. Nash; d. 29 Aug. 1882 in Deering. 

Hannah J. b. 4 Dec. 1843; m. Orlando Cash; d. 17 July 1886 in West- 
brook. 

GOODWIN. 

Samuel Goodwin, probably son of Thomas and Hannah 

(Wells) Goodwin of Wells, Me., was born about 1738 and 

married (1) 26 Nov. 1761 Elizabeth Libby of Scarboro, 

where their first three children were baptized. He was living on 



194 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

the County Road next to Freeport line earlier than 1780. His 
name appears on the Alarm List in 1787. He married (2) 13 
April 1791 Margaret Haskell and died in 1806, leaving, in his 
wili, his small farm to six children after the decease of his wife 
Margaret. After her death, later than 1821, the farm passed into 
the possession of Josiah Burnham. 

George b. 12 April 1762; see below. 

Mary b. 11 April 1765; m. 30 Nov. 1786 John Vining; d. 14 Nov. 1839. 

Samuel bap. 5 June 1768; was in the training band in 1787; owned a 
farm in Durham in 3820. 

William (?) said to have died at sea. If so, before 1806. 

Elizabeth m. 28 Jan. 1791 John Cushing; d. 26 May 1843, aged 76 yrs. 

Jonathan in. 26 April 1793 Persis, dau. of Jeremiah Smith. She was 
born 9 Feb. 1778. He was taxed in Durham only in 1794. Persis Good- 
win m. 30 July 181 1 Russel Hinkley in Lisbon. 

Daniel m. 1 Meh. 1801 Sarah Haskell; d. at St. Albans, Me. 

George Goodwin, soldier of the Revolution, m. in No. Yar- 
mouth 24 Sept. 1786 Mary Davis. Both were then of Royals- 
borough. She was born Oct. 1763 at Cape Ann and died at 
Avon 10 Oct. 1839. He died at Avon 7 July 1855. His second 

wife was Jones of Avon. He lived in Durham near 

Methodist Corner and moved to Avon about 1820. 

Samuel b. 1790; m. 24 Jan. 1S13 Wealthy Jones; 9 ch.; moved to 
Phillips. 

Elizabeth m. Reuben True (?) 

Sally m. (1) 1817 Reuben Roberts and went West; m. (2) Daniel 
Miller. 

Abigail m. 1812 Rev. Daniel Roberts. 

Hannah b. 16 July 1797; m. in Avon, Samuel Jacobs. 

Andrew Davis b. 2 Feb. 1800; m. 15 May 1828 in Avon, Jane Smith; 
d. 3 April 1875 in Farmington. Benjamin Goodwin of Farmington, Reg- 
ister of Deeds, is his son. 

HARMON. 
John Harmon,* a soldier in 1675, was in Wells. Me., in 1681, 
and had wife Sarah and eight children, of whom the second son, 
Samuel, was born 15 June 1686 and married, 19 March 1707 
Mercy Stimpson. They moved to Scarboro' about 1728. Their 
son John was born about 1718 and m. (1) 2 Dec. 1742, Mary 
Hasty of Scarboro'. 

*For information about the early history of this family I am indebted 
to Rev. George M. Bodge of Leominster, Mass., who is preparing a 
•Genealogy of the Harmon Family. 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES 



T 95 



Daniel, son of John and Mary (Hasty) Harmon was born in 
Scarborough 17 April 1747. He was a Revolutionary soldier. 
Married Sarah York of Cape Elizabeth. The intentions were 
recorded 19 Mch. 1768. They lived for some time in Standish, 
where ten children were born. He moved to Durham before 
1794 and died there 22 Aug. 1806. His wife died 28 Oct. 1832. 
Both united with the Cong. Ch. in Standish 4 Feb. 1775 They 
had, 

Francis. See below. 

Robert. Unknown. 

Susannah m. 18 Jan. 1798 Moses Roberts. 

Lydia m. 18 Mch. 1801 Aaron Davis. 

Daniel. See below. 

John b. 14 Mch. 1782. See p. 197. 

Hannah m. 4 Sept. 1814 Rufus Warren. 

Francis, son of Daniel and Sarah (York) Harmon, was born 
in Standish 1 June 1772. Came to Durham with his parents ; m. 
(1) 15 Oct. 1797 Susannah, dau. of O. Israel Bagley. She was 
born in Royalsborough 9 Mch. 1777 and died 5 June 1798, leav- 
ing one son. 

O. Israel Bagley Harmon b. 7 Mch. 1798; died 1820. 

Francis Harmon m. (2) 18 Oct. 1798 Betsey Dyer who was 
born 15 Oct. 1776 and died 26 Feb. 1807, leaving four children. 

Benjamin b. 20 Nov. 1799; m. a Miss Brett; died in 111. 

Susannah b. 5 Oct. 1801 ; m. 14 Mch. 1825 David Rogers of Raymond. 

Loring b. 9 Nov. 1803; m. — Oct. 1828 Eunice Douglas; d. s. p. 
in Dover, Me. 

Francis Jr. b. 18 Jan. 1806. See p. 196. 

Francis Harmon m. (3) 28 Sept. 1807 Leah Beal of Hingham, 
Mass., who was born 2 Jan. 1779 and died 18 Oct. 1829, leaving 
four ch. 

Betsey Dyer b. 19 July 1808; d. 16 Aug. 1810. 

William Loring b. 3 Dec. 1809. M. D. at Bowdoin Coll. 183.5. 
Practiced in Durham, Lynn, Mass., and N. Y. City. A dau. Geraldine m. 
Albion Strout. A son Fred is a lawyer in 111. 

Joseph Beal b. 8 Oct. 181 1; went to 111. 

Emily King b. 30 Aug. 1817; m. 13 Oct. 1836, Daniel Newell. 

Francis Harmon m. (4) 1830 Sally Dyer of Portland. She 
died Nov. 1845. He died 1 June 1862 in Durham. He was a 
carpenter by trade, a man of piety, kindness and generosity. 



I96 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

Francis Harmon Jr. b. 18 Jan. 1806; m 24 Nov. 1831 Huldah 
Douglas, dau. of Paul and Nancy (Warren) Douglas, born in 
Brunswick 4 Feb. 1800 and died in Auburn 4 Feb. 1869. He 
died 4 Jan. 1870. Their children were all born in Durham. 

Sarah E. b. 25 Nov. 1833; d. 29 May 1853. 

Esther Collins b. 25 Aug. 1835; d. 24 May 1855. 

Edward F. b. 5 June 1837; m. 16 July 1872 Jennie S. Rich of Auburn, 
lie resided in San Francisco, Cal.. where he died 4 Oct. 1875. 

George Harrison b. 18 May 1839; m. 14 March 1871 Orphia L. Vick- 
ery of Auburn, where he resides. 

Frances Ellen b. 21 April 1841; m. 11 Feb. 1869 Thomas Wheaton. 
They live in Oakland, Cal. 

Henrietta Louisa b. 26 Feb. 1843; m. 24 Sept. 1867 Frank E. Young 
of Auburn. She died 10 June 1876. 

Daniel Harmon Jr. b. 9 Feb. 1778 and d. 26 Nov. 1848; m. 

27 Sept. 179S Mary True. She was born in Salisbury. Mass. 

28 Oct. 1781 and died in Durham, 3 June 1821. He was a sol- 
dier in the War of 1812, a leading Methodist, Trial Justice, Rep- 
resentative, and held many town offices. They had nine children. 

Aaron b. 20 Jan. 1799; d. in Washington, D. C, 1870. 

Mary b. 25 Sept. 1802; m. 22 June 1828 Jesse Hayes of New Glouces- 
ter. Prof. B. F. Hayes of Cobb Divinity School is a son. 

William b. 12 Feb. 1804; d. 9 Oct. 1806. 

Rebecca True b. 17 May 1806; m. 30 Nov. 1826 Charles Cobb of 
New Gloucester. He was Clerk of Courts in Portland many years. She 
m. (2) May, 1861, the Rev. Charles W. Morse and died in Evanstown, 
111., 23 Oct. 1883. 

William True b. 23 Oct. 1808; d. 26 Dec. 1830. Unm. 

Daniel 3d b. 7 April 181 1; d. 10 June 1862 in Oshkosh, Wis. 

Lorenzo Dow b. 19 April 1814; m. Mary Stevens of Portland; d. in 
Washington 1890. 

Zebulon King b. 11 Nov. 1816. See Biog. Sketch. 

Allen Cobb b. 4 Aug. 1819; d. in Alexandria, Va., 1891. 

Daniel Harmon m. (2) 19 Oct. 1821 Sally S. Cobb of West- 
boro, Mass. She was born 6 Mch. 1790 and died 24 Aug. 1827. 
They had two children. 

Charles Cobb b. 5 Aug. 1822. Lawyer. Clerk of Courts in Portland; 
d. 1856. 

Josiah Cobb b. Sept. 1823; d. 1824. 

David Harmon m. (3) 26 Feb. 1828 Mary Hayes of New 
Gloucester. She was born 30 June 1792 and died 15 April 1868. 
Three ch. 

Sally Cobb b. 4 Feb. 1831; d. 5 Oct. 1835. 




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GENEALOGICAL NOTES 1 97 

John Hayes b. 29 Jan. 1832; d. in Hardingsburg, Ky., 28 Oct. 1898. 
• Orin b. 25 Dec. 1835; d. in Hardingsburg, Ky., 10 Nov. 1888. 

John, son of Daniel and Sarah (York) Harmon, was born 
14 Mch. 1782, in Standish. He married (1) Eliza Riggs who was 
horn in Portland 19 Sept. 1784. He moved to Portland after the 
birth of his third child and thence to Boston. By his second 
marriage there were children whose names are unknown. 

Louisa b. 10 Nov. 1805; d. 24 Aug. 1806. 
Jane E. b. 8 Feb. 1807; m. Dea. E. P. Tobie of Lewiston. 
Louisa b. 24 May 1808. 

John Jr. lived in Cape Elizabeth and later in Durham on road leading 
to No. Pownal. 

HASCALL. 
Although not originally a Durham family yet for many years 
the Hascalls have been so largely identified with the best inter- 
ests of the town, it seems fitting that a sketch of the family should 
be inserted here. Their progenitor, William Hascall, settled in 
Gloucester, Mass., about the middle of the 17th century, and from 
this place shoots from the family tree were transplanted into 
various parts of the country. Rev. Daniel Hascall, the father of 
Laurin, William, and Ralph, and their sister Mrs. E. P. Shailer, 
formerly of Portland, was born in Connecticut, but in early life 
went to Xew York State, where he was pastor of various Baptist 
Churches and was also largely instrumental in founding what is 
now known as Colgate University at Hamilton. William C. and 
Ralph H.. his sons, made their home in Vermont until the year 
1862, when they both moved to Durham. William purchased the 
old Jonathan C. Merrill place in the village. Ralph purchased the 
Secomb Jordan place adjoining William's. Laurin. after a long 
experience in New York and the West as an educator, came to 
Durham to spend his last days. He died in 1897 (?) Ralph H. 
and Celia Hascall had three children. The youngest died in boy- 
hood; Frank resides in Durham, and Mary is the wife of Prof. 
E. W. Hall of Colby University. William C. and Finette had 
five sons : Of these Charles D. and James A. married in Ver- 
mont but settled in Durham. Charles afterward moved to 
Oregon, where he now resides. George H. married (1) a daugh- 
ter of Richard Dyer, (2) a daughter of James Newell. He pur- 
chased the Jordan Dingley place on which he still resides. The 
next son, William H. Shailer went as a missionary to Burma in 



I98 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

1872 under the auspices of the A. B. Missionary Union where he 
remained for about eight years. He there married Miss Emma 
A. Chace, who had gone to Burma as a missionary of the Baptist 
Woman's Board. After they returned to this country they were 
for a time in Farmington, Me., he having the pastoral care of the 
Baptist Church in that village. When their health would permit 
they returned again to Burma where they remained about five 
years. After returning to America the second time they resided 
in Fall River, Mass., where he was assistant pastor of the First 
Baptist Church for over six years. They are now living in 
Dover, N. H., where he is pastor of the Central Ave. Baptist 
Church. R. Judson, the youngest of the five sons, married Rose, 
the daughter of George Nichols. He resided for a time in Dur- 
ham and Auburn but is now engaged in business in Woodstock, 
N. B. Both Celia and Finette have entered into rest. The latter 
died 11 May 1886, aged 70 yrs. 3 mos. William C. married (2) 
Emily Knight. 

HASTY. 
Robert Hasty 3d was born in Scarboro 23 Nov. 1786; m. 
30 Nov. 1814 Mrs. Esther (Libby) Meserve of Scarboro and 
moved to West Durham in 1833. Fie died 18 Feb. 1874. His 
wife died Nov. 1863. 

Daniel M. b. Nov. 1818; m. 13 Jan. 1845 Catherine Moses; lived on 
the homestead; d. 28 Mch. 1864; wife died 11 May 1895. 

Margaret b. 20 Aug. 1823; m. 19 Feb. 1846 Ai Carsley of Pownal; 
d. 21 May 1S47. 

George E. b. Oct. 1831; m. 5 June 1856 Mary A. Richards of Durham; 
d. 23 April 18.57. 

Children of Daniel M. and Catherine (Moses) Hasty. 

John E. b. 8 Sept. 1S46; m. 17 Aug. 1867 Marcia P. Weeks. Lives 
on the homestead. 

Eliza E. b, 10 Mch. 1850; m. 28 June 1867 Rev. Emerson H. McKen- 
ncy. Res. Saugus, Mass. 

Georgia E. b. 29 Mch. 1S.57; d. 31 Aug. 1894. 

Kate M. b. 6 Jan. 1864; m. 9 June 1887 Fred C. Chever of Saugus, 
Mass. 

Children of John E. and Marcia P. (Weeks) Hasty. 

Flora W. b. 22 Mch. 1869; d. 24 Aug. 1873. 
Lottie F. b. 24 Sept. 1871; d. 18 May 1892. 
Ella F. b. 26 Oct. 1877; d. 24 Jan. 1887. 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES 1 99 

HATCH. 
John Hatch, b. in Scituate, Mass. 6 Mch. 1772 ; d. in Lewiston, 
5 July 1862; m. 2 Aug. 1793 Abigail Turner b. 18 Aug. 1772 
and d. 2 Aug. 1852. They came to Durham about 1795 and left 
town about 1807. 

Deborah b. at Freeport 15 Dec. 1794. 

John Jr. b. 31 July 1798. 

Freeman b. 19 May 1800. 

Elisha b. 5 Sept. 1802. 

Abigail b. 11 Nov. 1805. 

Mary b. 4 May 1807. 

True Glidden b. 25 July 1810. 

Rozilla b. 28 Jan. 1814. 

Eliza b. 25 Aug. 1816. 

HAWKES. 

Nathan Hawkes was born 23 Mch. 1783 in China, Me. He 
came to Durham when a boy, lived with Joseph Estes and learned 
of him the trade of tanner and harness-maker. He married Mary 
Winslow of Falmouth. He died 10 Jan. 1847. She died 17 Jan. 
1853. 13 ch. 

Maria b. 23 Dec. 1806; m. John Varney. 

Hannah b. 20 Nov. 1808; m. 6 Nov. 1825 Francis A. B. Hussey. Liv- 
ing in Iowa. 

Joseph b. 2 Jan. 181 1; m. Lydia Frye. 1 dau. Died 2 Sept. 1879. 

Sibyl D. b. 3 May 1813; m. 1 Jan. 1835 Sam'l B. Hussey. 

Lydia b. 20 May 1815; m. Amos Varney. 

Miriam b. 30 May 1817; in. Geo. W. Sutherland; d. 6 April 1S42. 

Lucy A. b. 12 July 1819; m. 31 Dec. 1838 Oliver Stoddard. 

Cynthia b. 12 Aug. 1821 ; m. (1) Isaac Farr; (2) Oliver Stoddard. 

Isaiah b. 4 Dec. 1823; m. Sarah Hopkins. 

Nathan b. 16 Feb. 1826; m. Charlotte Norton; lives in Appleton, Wis. 

Job W. b. 6 Jan. 1828; d. 26 Jan. 1833- 

Mary J. b. 7 June 1830; m. Elijah Conant of Appleton, Wis. 

Jeremiah b. 7 Nov. 1832; m. Laura dishing of Freeport. 

HERRICK. 
The Herrick Genealogy has been traced back to the twelfth 
century. The family is of Scandinavian origin. Sir William 
Herrick of Beau Manor, Leicester Co., Eng., was member of 
Parliament 1601-1630 and Ambassador from Queen Elizabeth to 
the Sublime Porte. Henry, his fifth son, was born in 1604. and 
came to Salem, Mass. in 1629, where he married Elizabeth, dau. 
of Hugh Laskin. They settled in what is now Beverly. They 



200 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

were among the founders of the first church in Salem in 1629 and 
of that in Beverly in 1667. Their fifth son, Joseph, married for 
his second wife Alary Endicott, whose sixth child. Martyn, mar- 
ried Ruth Endicott of Salem and settled at Lynnfield. Their 
second son Samuel, born 1713, married Elizabeth Jones of Wil 
mington in 1742. These were the parents of the Rev. Jacob Her- 
rick. See p. 51. 

.Air. Herrick settled on that part of lot 67 which lies east of 
the County Road. Here he bought, 13 Mch. 1797. twenty-six 
acres of Capt. Wm. McGray. The deed says that the land sold 
began a "few rods eastward of my house and nearly die same 
distance from the Northwest corner of the Meeting House." 
The old Herrick parsonage was burned a few years ago. 

His children were as follows : 

Sarah b. 12 Feb. 1781; d. Oct. 1855. Unm. 

Elizabeth died 1863. Unm. 

Thomas, died young. 

Thomas, m. 9 Sept. 181 1 Catherine, dau. of Joseph Weeman of Dur- 
ham. He died at Harmony, Me., 17 May 1867. Had been Representative 
to the Legislature. Twelve ch. 

Jacob b. 29 Mch. 1791. See Biog. Sketch. 

The family of Jacob and Abigail (Scott) Herrick were, besides 
two who died in infancy : 

William Bently b. 20 Sept. 1S13. Studied medicine. Surgeon in 
Mexican War. Professor of Anatomy in Rush Medical College. Chicago. 
Married Martha Seward of Hillsboro, 111. His two sons, John J. and 
William J. are lawyers in Chicago. 

Elizabeth Augusta b. 9 Feb. 1815; m. Barnard Williams of Durham; 
d. 21 June 1864. 

Josiah Burniiam b. 8 Jan. 1821. Physician. Demonstrator of Anat- 
omy at Rush Medical College, Chicago. Married Automa Thornton. 
Died in Cal., leaving one son Jacob Thornton Herrick of Shelbyville, 111. 

Harriet Ellen b. 2 Dec. 1825; m. Capt. Seth Burnham McLellan of 
Portland. 

Anna Maria b. 7 Aug. 1827; m. E. Franklin Packard of Auburn. 

HIBBARD. 
Deacon John Hibbard and family and James Hibbard his son 
were warned out of town in 1791. They staid and lived on lot 

J J . John died 6 Dec. 1791. The wife of James was Sarah 

He d. 19 Feb. 1837, aged 88 years. 




JACOB HERRICK, JR. 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES 201 

Their children were : 

Esther b. 12 May 1778; m. 2 Dec. 1801 Jacob Sawyer. 

Molly b. 9 July 1782; m. 5 Jan. 1826 Stephen Hibbard of Mercer. 

Timothy Mekrek u. 7 Oct. 1784; m. 14 Dec. 1809 Mary Dyer. 

Morena b. 11 Aug. 1780; m. ■ His son Jacob was born 

19 March 1805. 

Hannah b. 20 June 1787; m. 21 May 1807 Roger Toothaker of Bruns- 
wick. 

James Merkek b. 16 Mch. 1790. 

HOOPER. 
David Hooper bought 70 acres of Benjamin and Lydia 
"Lovekm" in 1796, on the lower County Road. His son 
Nehemiah married Tukey Mitchell of Freeport and settled here. 
The births of two children are recorded in Durham, Dummer 
Mitchell b. 3 Nov. 1803 and David b. 4 July 1804 (sic.) 

HOYT. 
John Hoyt, son of John, was born in the Block House in 
Scarboro Oct. 1738. He married, 17 Jan. 1765, Anna, dau. of 
William Hasty, who was also born in the Block House at Scar- 
boro, 7 June 1 744. They came to Royalsborough as early as 
1773. He was a farmer and mariner. Lived on or near lot 125. 
He died Sept. 1823. His wife died in 1825. 

William b. 5 June 1765; m. int. 18 Feb. 1792 Betsey Cushing of Free- 
port. 

Hannah b. 13 Dec. 1770; m. 20 Nov. 1794 Jonathan True; d. 15 
Dec. 1801. 

Anna b. 15 May 1772; m. 19 Feb. 1797 William Newell. 

John b. 25 Dec. 1774: m. 29 Nov. 1802 Molly Gerrish. 

Molly b. 17 July 1776: m. 27 Nov. 1800 Daniel Libby; d. 22 July 1848. 

Lettice b. 25 Nov. 1779; m. 29 July 1799, David Osgood. 

Joseph H. b. 23 Oct. 1789; m. 13 Feb. 1812. Elizabeth Gerrish. 

John and Mary (Gerrish) Hoyt had children. 

Wit. G. b. 6 Dec. 1803; m. 27 Nov. 1830 Arabella D. Elliott; died 20 
March 1858 in Portland. Several children. 

Maria B. b. 14 April 1806; d. 1820. 

John b. 1808; m. 1833, Mary C. Bachelder; d. in Yarmouth, 5 
Jan. 1855. 3 daus., two of whom, Cornelia and Jennie, perished in the 
sinking of the steamer Portland, 26 Nov. 1898. 

Mary Jane b. 11 June 1811; d. 11 May 1816. 



202 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

Benjamin G. b. 17 Mch. 1814; m. 1841, Jane W. Rowe, dau. 
of Moses and Jane (Webster) Rowe. He died 9 Aug. 1853, at Beach 
Gro\e, Tenn., where he was Professor in a literary institution. Their 
son Henry N. W. was born in Durham 5 Nov. 1842. graduated at Bow- 
doin College. Lawyer and Teacher. Residence New Brighton, Conn. 

Mary F. b. 12 March 1816; m. 29 Mch. 1842, Sam'l G. Russell of Yar- 
mouth. 

Jane b. 5 Nov. 1818; m. 31 Dec. 1845, Secomb Jordan; d. 18 Mch. 1861. 

Joseph H. and Elizabeth (Gerrish) Hoyt had children. This 
family moved to Wilton. 

Sarah G. b. 12 Dec. 1812; m. 24 April 1834, Sam'l A. Blanchard. 
Lived in Phillips, Me. 

Lettice b. 22 May 1816; d. in Portland 14 May 1838. 

Ann b. 28 Dec. 1817; m. John Blake; lived in Pierpont, N. H. 

Joseph Gerrish b. 22 June 1820: m. 5 Dec. 1844 Matilda F. Bradbury. 
Lived in Wilton and Farmington. He was prominent in political circles 
and held several important offices. State Senator, d. s. p. 1889. 

Annie Ferguson b. 12 Jan. 1823; lived in Wilton. Unm. 

Elizabeth b. 8 Aug. 1825; d. 14 Aug. 1827 in Westbrook. 

John b. 18 Mch. 1828; d. 20 June 1828. 

William b. 15 June 1830; d. 17 June 1830. 

Mary Elizabeth b. 15 May 1831; m. 20 Nov. 1859 Granville Knapp 
of Wilton. 

HUNNEWELL, 

Roger Hunnewell settled in Saco in 1654. His son, Lt. Rich- 
ard Hunnewell was one of the leading inhabitants of Scarbor- 
ough and a noted fighter of Indians, by whom he was killed. 

Richard's son Roger married Mary and died 13 June 

1720, aged 45 yrs. He left several children, of whom Josiah 
married, 26 Nov. 1730, Rebecca Brown. They had ten children, 
of whom Benjamin, the seventh, married, 4 Nov. 1773, Phebe 
Larrabee. Their children were Benjamin Jr., Andrew, Robert, 
Moses, John, Lydia, Mary and Phebe. It seems that all of them 
lived in Durham. Moses m. (Int. Rec. 21 Feb. 1807) Elizabeth 
McKenney. John m. 10 Aug. 1812 Susannah Turner. Lydia 
m. 31 Oct. 181 1 Win. McKenney. 

Andrew Hunnewell, son of Benjamin, married, 5 Mch. 1804, 
Dorothy Webb of Scarborough. He was first taxed in Durham 
in (803. He died 26 May 1863, aged 86 yrs. His wife died 28 
Sept. 1863, aged 84 yrs. Their children were Gardner, Jonas, 
Loraine and Sarah. 

Robert Hunnewell, born in Scarborough 1 Dec. 1777, mar- 




JOTIIAM JOHNSON. 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES 203 

ried 13 June 1801 Eunice Foy, who was born in Gorham, 16 
April 1783. He married (2) 16 Oct. 181 1 Susannah, dau. of 
Vincent Roberts. He died in 1S32. His second wife died 30 
July 1852. He was living, in 1800, on lot 136. 

Elliott b. 16 Dec. 1802. Settled "in the English Provinces." 

Peter b. 20 Oct. 1S05. Supposed to have died young. 

William m. Jane Plummer of Danville. 

Ruth. Unm. 

Ch. by second marriage. 
Seward m. Patience Bragdon; d. June 1858. 
Eunice b. 21 May 1812; m. 13 April 1834 Moses W. Thurston. 
Elmira, died young. 
Samuel. Unm. 
Daniel. Unm. 
True G. m. Rachel J. Harmon. Living in Durham. 

JOHXSON. 
Jotham Johnson was born in Harpswell 20 Sept. 1784, son of 
Jonathan and Miriam (Booker) Johnson. He moved to So. Dur- 
ham in 1S10. He was a soldier through the \Yar of 1812. 
Farmer and fisherman. It is said that he once went to the Bay of 
Fundy and with a companion caught 3360 cod in one day. Some 
regard this as a fish story. He united with the Free Baptist 
church after he was fifty-three years old, and often spoke of it 
as the best day's work he ever did. He married in 1809 Mehita- 
bel Hersey of Brunswick. Died 15 Dec. 1886, aged 102 yrs. 
2 mos. 25 dys. 7 ch. His wife died 28 Feb. 1879, aged 91 yrs. 

Hannah b. 1810; m. James P. Fuller. 

William H. b. 13 Mch. 1812; m. 26 Nov. 1835 Hannah Collins. 

Abner m. Caroline Alexander. 

Thankful b. July 1815; m. (1) Thomas Crawford; (2) Abram Allen. 

Jeremiah, m. Mary Morene. 

Armina m. Levi Goddard. 

Hiram m. Averill. 

John Johnson and Elizabeth Reed married at Drumbo, Ire- 
land, 20 Sept. 1 79 1. He had a daughter Elizabeth by a former 
wife, born in Ireland 8 June 1782, who seems to have married 
Joseph Sawyer of Durham 9 April 1797. John Johnson died 
in Durham 15 April 1799. Three children are recorded. 

Sarah born in Ireland 31 Oct. 1792; Mary, born in Ireland 15 Feb. 
1/95; John born in Portland, Me., 26 Nov. 1797. ™. 25 Dec. 1834 Eliza 
Ann Webber. 



204 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

The following children of William and Jane Johnson are 
recorded. 

David b. 20 Sept. 1812; William Rhodick b. 10 Dec. 1816; m. 18 May 
1837 Emma M. Dyer of Durham. He was then of Lynn, Mass. 

The following marriages we are unable to classify. 
15 Jan. 1787, James Johnson of Royaisborough and Hannah Webber 
of Harpswell. 

9 Nov. 1797, Daniel York and Hannah Johnson. 

4 Nov. 1809, Noah Townsend of Freeport and Anna Johnson. 

JONES. 

Ezekiel Jones born in 1728, as shown by a deposition, came 
from Falmouth. He married before 1757 Elizabeth, dau. of 
Joseph and Sarah (Jewett) Conant, who was born in Falmouth 
3 Oct. 1733. They lived at Saccarappa. They sold their land, 
19 Jan. 1771 and in 1773 moved to Royaisborough. His name is 
on records of Royaisborough in 1774. Feb. 10, 1786 he bought 
14 acres of land in Royaisborough of Samuel Brown. Nov. 28, 
1800 he and wife Elizabeth sold jy acres of Lot 35 to Thomas 
Pierce of Scituate, the farm now owned by David Crockett. A 
son Joshua Jones came with him to Royaisborough. He is 
first mentioned in 1781. He bought. Oct. 23, 1799, lot 96 of 
Abigail Lyman, widow, of York. He married 17 April 1783 
Dorothy Fair of Harpswell. Died about 1836. His family are 
recorded as follows. 

Ezekiel b. 1 Dec. 1783; m. (int. rec. 10 Oct. 1806) Catherine Wood- 
ard of New Meadows. 

William b. 12 Jan. 1786; moved to Mexico, Me. 

Sarah b. 18 July 1788; m. Thomas Austin 1 Nov. 1804. 

Samuel b. 13 Aug. 1790; lived and died in Norridgewock. 

Joel b. 14 Nov. 1791; m. 11 Jan. 1821, Sally Thomas: d. 15 Sept. 1864. 

Joshua b. 24 Jan. 1794; m. 2 March 1817, Isabel Raines. 

Dorothy b. 24 May 1797; m. 21 Dec. 1817, Abijah Collins. 

Moses b. 14 March 1799; see below. 

Phineas b. 11 Sept. 1801; d. 19 Sept. 1803. 

.Moses Jones lived and died on the homestead of his father. 
He m. (i), 1825, Sarah Hodgkins ; (2) 21 Nov. 1844. Elizabeth 
Hodgkins, who died 22 Mch. 1870. 

Lydia b. 19 Sept. 1825; m. 3 March 1845 Rufus Thomas. 

Benjamin b. 13 Sept. 1827; unm. Died in Auburn. 

Eliza b. 14 Sept. 1829; m. Joseph Barker. 

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GENEALOGICAL NOTES 205 

George b. 10 May 1836; d. unm. 
Sarah J. b. 11 Dec. 1839; d. young. 

Moses Everett b. 10 March 1847; m. Ellen Rice; lives on the home- 
stead. 

Alfred P. b. 9 Oct. 1850; m. Lizzie Philbrook of Lisbon. 

Thomas Jones who married Thankful came "with two 

brothers" (?) from Wales in 1690 and settled in Hanover. .Mass. 
Later he moved to Harpswell, Me. He had three sons, Thomas 
lost at sea, Noah and Lemeul. 

The intentions of marriage of Noah Jones and Patience Joy 
were recorded in Brunswick 10 June 1774. He was one of the 
first settlers of Royalsborough and was last taxed in 1803. He 
with all his family moved to China, Ale. Their children, born in 
Royalsborough, were 

Ephraim b. 11 Feb. 1776; m. Susanna Dudley. Their daughter Sybil 
Jones was the famous preacher. 
Mary b. 30 Nov. 1777. 
Thomas b. 20 July 1780. 
Thankful b. 6 Dec. 1783. 

Lemuel, son of Thomas Jones, born in Hanover, Mass. 30 
July 1730, m. 7 Mch. 1751 Wait Estes, dau. of Edward and 
Patience (Carr) Estes. She was born 31 Mch. 1733. He bought, 
in 1792, lot 9 of David Dunning. It may be that he bought it 
for his son Israel who afterward lived there. Lemuel Jones was 
a preacher in the Friends' Society. He had twelve children. 

Mercy b. 15 May 1752; m. 27 July 1771, Nathaniel Hawkes of Wind- 
ham. 

Rachel b. 2 Feb. 1754; m. 26 Sept. 1773, Andrew Pinkham of Harps- 
well, afterwards of Durham. 

Caleb b. 3 July 1755; m. 26 Oct. 1776, Peace, dau. of James and Sarah 
Goddard of Falmouth. 6 ch. born in Brunswick. 

Lemuel b. 26 Feb. 1738; m. (1) Catherine Allen; (2) 9 Oct. 1800 Deb- 
orah Hawkes. Settled in Windham before 1790. 12 ch. 

Sarah b. 10 Feb. 1760; m. James Goddard. 

Edward b. 7 April 1762; see p. 206. 

Mary b. 9 March 1764; m. Joshua Frye. 

Stephen b. 22 Feb. 1766; m. 5 Aug. 1786 Eunice, dau. of Jeremiah and 
Anne Hacker of Brunswick. 12 ch. born in Brunswick. 

Israel b. 11 May 1768; m. (1) Judith Tuttle; (2) Martha Preble; (3) 
Widow Day. Lived in So. Durham later than 1810. Moved to Bruns- 
wick and lived there. Had one son Caleb who died in Westbrook. 



206 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

Thomas b. 7 May 1770; m. (1) Esther Hacker; (2) Hannah Winslow. 
Piief.f. b. 18 May 1772; m. Nathaniel Owen. 
Lydia b. 9 April 1774; m. Stephen Nichols. 

Edward Jones, mentioned above, m. 11 Nov. 1784 Mary, 
<lau. of Reuben and Eliza (Varney) Tuttle, born 24 Mch. 1765, 
died 15 Jan. 1804. He m. (2) Eleanor Morrison, born 22 July 
1775, died 21 Jan. 1847. He died 6 Dec. 1833. The register of 
his family is copied from the Records of the Friends' Society in 
Durham, and from family records. 

Rachel b. 1 Mch. 1786; d. 11 Sept. 1868. 

Reuben b. 19 Dec. 1787; d. 17 Feb. 1868. 

Levi b. 31 Oct. 1790; d. 5 Oct. 1861. 

Mehitabel b. 8 May 1793; d. 4 Nov. 1793. 

Tobias b. 4 Nov. 1794; d. 27 Dec. 1884. 

Asa b. 21 July 1796; d. 20 June 1856. 

Elisha b. 19 June 1798; m. (1) 4 June 1824 Sarah Hawkes of Wind- 
ham, who was b. 25 Mch. 1794 and d. 20 June 1857; m. (2) Mrs. Sarah 
(Winslow) Boody. He was a prominent man of Windham. Died 22 
June 1879. 

Silas b. 27 Mch. 1800; see below. 

Elias b. 9 Feb. 1802; d. 3 July 1875. 

Elizabeth b. 9 Jan. 1804; d. 2 July 1859. 

Mary b. 9 Jan. 1804; d. 24 Nov. 1830. 

Children of Edward Jones by second marriage. 
Lydia b. 22 Oct. 1809; d. 27 Aug. 1885. 
Edward b. 3 Feb. 1812; d. 27 Dec. 1855. 
Martha b. 27 Feb. 1814; d. 1896. 
Olive b. 11 May 1816; d. 1 May 1839. 
David b. 1 July 1S18; d. 1 March 1821. 
Abigail b. 3 April 1822. 

Silas, son of Edward and Alary (Tuttle) Jones, lived in Wind- 
ham. Whether he was born in Durham is uncertain. He m. 
(1) 3 May 1827 Seviah Goddard. who died 28 April 1835 : m. (2) 
Lois Brown b. 16 July 180S; d. 2 Aug. 1887. He died 9 Oct. 
1863. 4 ch. by first marriage ; 8 by second. 

George b. 7 Feb. 1828; m. Charlotte S. Heald who was born 21 Aug. 
1830 and died in Auburn 20 April 1894. Ch. George Edlon and Oscar W. 
of Auburn and Mrs. Ham of Hartland. 

Sarah b. 10 Dec. 1829. 

Elijah b. 24 May 1832; d. 30 Mch. 1834. 

Elijah b. 1 May 1834; d. 4 Jan. 1835. 

Joseph b. 29 Aug. 1837; m. Abbie Goold. 

David D. b. 2 June 1839; d. 20 Oct. 1892. 




SARAH (MILLER) .JORDAN) DINGLEY. 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES 20J 

Charles W. b. 30 Dec. 1840; d. in Windham. 
Phebe T. b. 7 Nov. 1843; d. 23 Feb. 1877. 
Clarissa C. b. 3 Mch. 1846; d. 23 Feb. 1877. 
James N. b. 16 Jan. 1848. 
Mary E. b. 6 Dec. 1849; d. 28 Dec. 1849. 
Byron VV. b. 30 June 1851. 

JORDAN. 

Rev. Robert Jordan was established on Richmond Island in 
1641. He married Sarah, only child of John Winter, and died in 
Portsmouth, N. H., in 1678, aged 67 years. 

Secomb Jordan was filth in descent from him. He was son 
of Noah Jordan and was born at Cape Elizabeth in 1764. He 
married 15 July 1787, Sarah Robinson and died in Durham 
1 Aug. 1825. His wife died 1 Oct. 1827. He settled in Durham, 
moved to Lisbon, thence to Brunswick and back to Durham. 
He was a farmer and also kept store in a shop near where Everett 
Macomber now lives. Dept. Sheriff, Selectman (1818-1820), 
Representative to General Court in 1812 and 1813, and delegate 
to form the Constitution of Maine in 1820. " Old Squire Jordan" 
, is remembered as one of the leading men of Durham. A biog- 
rapher says he was "subject to occasional bursts of violent tem- 
per."' This is the worst thing ever said of him. His family were 
as follows : 

Apollos b. 24 Dec. 1788. See below. 

Rhoda 111. 22 Mch. 1827 Henry Moore; d. 5 July 1834, aged 31 yrs. 

Eleanor m. Samuel Skinner; d. 14 Feb. 1849, aged 60 yrs. 8 mos. 

Apollos Jordan married, 29 Nov. 1810 Sarah, dau. of Joshua 
and Anne (Simonton) Miller. Lived on lot 88. Died 20 Nov. 
1827. His widow m. 24 Nov. 1833 Jeremiah Dingley. She died 
in Auburn 14 Jan. 1S85, aged 93 yrs. She is well remembered 
for her kindness, generosity and piety. The familiar name, 
"Aunt Sally," shows how the neighborhood regarded her. All 
will be glad to see her portrait. 

Rufus K. b. 31 Jan. 1812; m. 28 Dec. 1837 Aurelia Rowe; resided in 
Chicago. Children: Henrietta m. Mr. Wheeler of San Francisco; Helen. 
resides in CaL; Josephine. 

Secomb b. 27 April 1814. See p. 208 

Elizabeth b. 19 Jan. 1817; d. 9 Aug. 1836. 

Abigail Miller b. 16 Oct. 1819, m. 7 May 1840 Orin Dill of Lewiston. 

Sarah Ann b. 18 Nov. 1822; m. 20 Jan. 1846 Ambrose Quimby. 

Albion K. P. b. 20 May 1826; m. Anna Foss of Auburn. 



208 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

Secomb Jordan married (i) 31 Dec. 1840 Jane, dau. of John 
Hoyt of Durham, b. 5 Nov. 1819. She died 19 Mch. i860. He 
married (2) 18 Oct. [862 Mrs. Mary C. Hoyt, widow of John 
Hoyt of Yarmouth. She died 4 Jan. 1886. Mr. Jordan died 27 
May 18S9 in Maiden, Mass. He lived in Durham till 1868. In 
his early life he was engaged especially in the manufacture of 
Sugar Boxes for export. He was a prominent member of the 
M. E. Church, and led the singing at the Union Church several 
years. His house was always open to pastor and people. The 
house in which he lived is now occupied by Ralph H. Hascall. 
He was a blameless Christian and a good citizen. Five ch. 

Elizabeth b. 13 Oct. 1841. 
John Q. b. 9 Oct. 1843. 
Ferdinand b. 24 Aug. 1845. 
Lyman B. b. 16 June 1849. 
Ada B. b. 10 June 1853. 

James Jordan, son of Capt. Joshua, was born 20 Aug. 1780 
at Cape Elizabeth and died 28 Jan. 1866. He married 26 Jan. 
1805 Martha, dau. of John and Martha (Jordan) Robinson, and 
settled in Durham. Their children were: 

Eleanor b. 1806; m. 25 Dec. 1827 John Webster, who died in Webster 
about 1850. 

Martha b. 1808; ra. Rev. John Cobb. 

Rhoda E. b. 1810; m. 21 June 1835 Foxwell C. Marr of Wales; d. 1870. 

Horatio Nelson b. 12 April 1813: m. (1) 27 Nov. 1834 Elizabeth J. 
Wagg; (2) 16 Oct. 1859 Mary E. Miller. 9 children by 1st wife; 2 by 
2d wife. 

James b. 1815; m. 19 Aug. 1838 Sarah Haskins. 

Louise b. 1817; m. Saml. Whitney of Durham. 

KNIGHT. 

There were three distinct families of this name. Joseph 
Knight was living on lot 60 earlier than 1782. He married in 
Falmouth 1 April 1777, Laurana Getchell, who died 27 Mch. 
1804. He married 22 Nov. 1804 Barsheba Mitchell. Besides 
five who died young the following children are recorded. 

Enoch b. 15 Sept. 1785; m. 1809 Martha Mitchell. 

John b. 12 Sept. 1787; m. 18 Oct. 1812 Hannah Beal. Their children 
were Mariam b. 30 Nov. 1813 m. Philip Douglas; Jonathan b. 21 Jan. 
1815; m. Mary Taylor and had twins Edwin and Frederick, born 1845, and 
Charles; Belina b. 16 Dec. 1817; m. George Frye. 




SECOMB JORDAN. 




CHAK1.ES kmekv knight. 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES 20Q 

Christopher b. 3 July 1794. 
Stephen b. 18 Feb. 1796. 
William b. 20 Feb. 1800. 
Simeon b. 28 Mch. 1802. 

Mark Knight, born 8 Dec. 1756, lived near Woodford's Cor- 
ner in old Falmouth. He married 4 Dec. 1785 Mary Hunt, born 
in Nova Scotia 6 June 1758. He died 30 Jan. 1835. His wife 
died 3 June 1850. 

Francis b. 16 May 1784. See below. 

Parker b. 8 Dec. 1790; d. 29 Mch. 1826; m. 21 Nov. 1811 Mary Grant; 
three ch., Mark m. Augusta Newell; Charlotte m. Clement Jordan; and 
Julia. Unm. 

Sophia B. b. 25 Jan. 1794: m. 21 Oct. 1821 Wm. Weeks; d. 20 June 
1822. 

Joanna b. 2 Oct. 1800; m. 2 Dec. 1824 John B. Reed; d. 8 Dec. 1840. 
Their dau. Mary Elizabeth m. Nathaniel C. Lincoln. 

Francis Knight married, 28 Nov. 1810, Betsey, dau. of Amos 
and Betsey (Titcomb) Knight, who was born 13 April 1786 and 
died 17 Nov. 1824. He lived in Durham and died 27 June 1862. 

Adaline H. b. 3 Feb. 1812; m. Alfred son of Barnard Nichols. 

Susan C. b. 7 Aug. 1815; d. 2 June 1856. Unm. 

Mehitabel S. b. 21 July 1816; m. 30 Aug. 1840 Sharon Estes. 

Charles H. b. 24 Aug. 1818; m. 10 Nov. 1842 Mary C. Parker. She 
was dau. of Peter Parker and was born in Durham 23 Mch. 1816 and died 
in Deering 21 Mch. 1897. He was a farmer on the County Road, a man 
of sterling character. Died 8 Nov. 1869. Their only child was Charles 
Emery Knight. 

William W. b. 17 Nov. 1821; m. Susan G. Newell; d. s. p. 6 April 1891. 

Francis b. 17 Nov. 1824. Unm. 

Charles Emery Knight, born in Durham, 1 Oct. 1845, was 
educated in the school at South West Bend and in a Business 
College. He has for more than a score of years been connected 
with the Patron's Cooperative Corporation, 209 Commercial St., 
Portland, Me., first as book-keeper and later as agent. He is 
fidelity and honesty personified. That statement will not be 
doubted by any one who knew him in his youth. His long 
employment in one firm bears evidence also to his business 
ability. The number of his friends is limited only by his acquain- 
tances. He married 24 Oct. 1872 Oriana Louise, dau. of James 



2IO HISTORY OF DURHAM 

Strout, Jr. She died in Deering 30 Jan. 1879. They had two 
children j Frank Herbert b. 30 July 1873, graduated at Bowdoin 
College in 1894: and Orie Louise b. 5 Jan. 1879. 

The Knights of Durham, doubtless, descended from John 
of Newbury who came from Southampton, Eng., in 1635. He 
bad a son John, born 1622, who married in 1647 Rathshua Inger- 
soll. Their son, Richard, b. 26 July 1666, married Elizabeth 
Jaqnes and had a son Henry b. 6 July 1697. This Henry is 
tin mght to be the one who with his wife Priscilla came from 
Newbury and united with the First Parish Church of Old Fal- 
mouth in 1746. Their son, Samuel, married in 1750 Mary 
Knight, and these were the parents of the Amos Knight who set- 
tled in Durham. 

Amos Knight was born in Falmouth 27 Sept. 1758. He 
married, 2^ Jan. 1784 Retsey Knight (some say Betsey Titcomb) 
who was born 30 Dec. 1765. He was a Revolutionary soldier. 
In 1816 he bought of Israel Estes fifty acres of lot 29. He and 
his wife were buried on that farm. 

Betsey b. 13 April 1786; m. Francis Knight. 

Levi b. 3 Aug. 1787; d. 1865. Unm. 

Tiieophilus b. 13 Mch. 1790; d. 1861. Unm. 

Roland b. 31 July 1792; m. 21 May 1818 Dorcas Blake. Ch. Addison, 
George, Alfred, John, Eunice, and Julia. All but George died young. 

Mary b. 27 Dec. 1797; m. 24 April 1823 the Rev. Daniel Clarke, who 
was born in Lisbon (Webster) 15 Feb. 1801 and died in Richmond 22 
May 1869. His wife died in Richmond 19 Feb. 1862. Eight children. 

Lruis b. 12 Aug. 1800; died young. 

James b. 25 Dec. 1802; m. Almira Sawyer, dau. of Nathan Sawyer of 
Westbrook. 

Eunice P. b. 5 June 1805: m. 31 Mch. 1825 Joseph G. Sawyer; d. 6 
May 1866. Ch. Joshua Lewis, Amos, Ellen and Elmira. 

LAMBERT. 
Dea. Isaac Lambert, born in Abington. Mass. q March 1771 ; 
d. in Auburn 28 Jan. 1 86 1 . His wife died 26 April 1862, aged 
85 yrs. 9 mos. 10 days. He married Alary Strout of Durham 3 
Sept. 1705. He had a brother Asa who lived in Freeport and a 
brother Thomas who m. 19 Nov. 1795 Abigail Strout and settled 
in the southern part of Durham. Isaac Lambert settled on the 
northern half of lot 90 in 1801, and had a farm of 46^ acres. In 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES 2 I I 

1804 its estimated value was $88.35. He did not receive a deed 
of the place from Josiah Little till 18 Aug. 1813. The price then 
paid was $465. 

Abigail b. in Durham 1 March 1796; m. 10 Nov. 1814, Stephen Wes- 
ton; lived in Litchfield. 

Sophia b. in Freeport 1 March 1798; d. 22 June 1802. 

Hannah b. in Freeport 31 March 1800; d. 24 June 1802. 

Betsey b. in Durham 22 June 1802; m. 1 Jan. 1824 Jofhua Wormell; 
moved to Unity. 

Maryan b. 22 Dec. 1804; d. young. 

Joshua b. 10 April 1808; m. 26 Nov. 1833, Susan Garcelon; see below. 

Jane b. 6 Aug. 1809; m. 21 Aug. 1831 Nelson Dingley; d. 2 Dec. 1871. 

Isaac Jr. b. 4 March 1813; m. 21 Dec. 1837 Lucy Dingley who was 
born 18 Aug. 1819 and died 2 Feb. 1844. He m. (2) 31 May 1849 Apphia 
Whitney of Lisbon who died 2 June 1851, aged 23 yrs. 10 mos. He died 
9 Oct. 1850, having lived on his father's farm. Ch. Frances J. b. 27 Sept. 
1840; m. Sutton Stevens of Auburn; Win. Henry b. 8 Aug. 1842, see 
Biog. Sketch; Edward E. b. 1 April 1850; lost at sea. 

Mary m. 27 April 1826 Simeon Bailey of Durham. 

Harriet M. m. Harrison Otis; moved to Unity. 

Joshua Lambert lived for a while at Methodist Corner, but 
after the death of his brother Isaac took the old homestead, lot 
90, and lived and died there, Aug. 30, 1890. His wife was born 
Dec. 25, 1805 and died Feb. 22, 1890. Their children were. 

Isaac G. b. 10 Oct. 1835; d. 7 Oct. 1S3S. 

Isaac W. b. 27 Aug. 1839; m. Susan, dau. of Rev. L. P. Gurney and 
settled on a farm in Auburn. 

James G. b. 25 April 1841; lives in Idaho. Unm. 

Elizabeth b. 11 Oct. 1843; m. John McBoyle of Ottawa, 111. 

Mary b. 11 Oct. 1843: m. John Hatch. Lives in Mass. 

Lorenzo S. b. 4 Feb. 1850. Graduated at Amherst College, 1872. 
One of the Selectmen of Durham. Married and went West. 

LARRABEE. 

This family is of Huguenot extraction. Stephen Larrabee 
came from Maiden to North Yarmouth. His son Thomas, born 
;66o lived at Portsmouth N. H. and Scarborough, Me., where he 
was killed, with his oldest son Anthony, by the Indians 19 April 
1723. He was a man highly respected. His son Thomas 2d 
married in Portsmouth, N. H. 7 May 17 : 5 Abigail Pitman. 
Their son Thomas 3d m. Mary Long. (Pub. at Falmouth 14 
Feb. 1742.) They had a son Nathaniel, bap. at Scarborough 



212 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

22 April 1753, who m. 11 Nov. 1773 Sarah, dau. of Josiah and 
Rebecca (Brown) Hunnewell of Scarborough, who was bap. 17 
Sept. 1752. Nathaniel and Sarah Larrabee had at least three 
daughters and two sons, Thomas H. and Josiah. The last two 
settled in Durham. 

Thomas H. Larrabee came as early as 1797. He married 
i March 1798 Anna Parker of Gorham. He lived on lot 140 
till 1813, when he bought lot 135. He is remembered as a man 
of piety. He died 10 May 1850, aged /J yrs. 1 mo. His wife 
died 17 Feb. 1843, aged 64 yrs. Their children were 

Mary in. Mark Nelson of Parsonsfield. 

Eliza d. 25 Oct. 1837, aged 17 yrs. 26 dys. 

Dorcas b. 3 Feb. 1800; m. 27 April 1827 George Rice of Durham; d. 

23 Aug. 1859. 

Nancy Ann m. 4 Mch. 1838 James Fickett; d. 11 May 1894, aged 82 
yrs. I mo. 18 dys. 

Thomas m. Margaret . Unknown. 

Deborah m. James Brackett of Saco. 

Eliza. Unm. 

Gardner G. b. 8 July 1809; m. 5 Oct. 1837 Sarah, dau. of Samuel 
and Sarah (Robinson) Stackpole; d. 12 Oct. 1861. They had nine chil- 
dren, as follows: 

Sarah Jane b. 2 Mch. 1839; m. 12 Jan. 1874, John H. Merrill of 
Durham. 

Hannah E. b. 19 May 1842; m. George Grover of New Gloucester. 

Lucinda W. b. 6 April 1844. 

Royal E. b. 26 Jan. 1846; m. 24 Dec. 1872 Emma S. Dunham. Lives 
at Lisbon Falls. 

Emeline S. b. 1 April 1848; m. 28 Nov. 1867 John Rice of Pownal. 

Eliza E. b. 16 Dec. 1850; m. Rufus Waterhouse of Durham. 

Clara E. b. 13 Dec. 1855; m. 4 Dec. 1880, John F. Waterhouse of 
Durham. 

Abbie S. b. 9 Sept. 1858; m. Samuel Dyer of Durham. 

Gardner G. b. 27 Feb. i860; m. 21 Dec. 1882 Henrietta Sawyer. Lives 
on the old homestead. 

Josiah, brother of Thomas H. Larrabee, married (Int. Rec. 
27 Dec. 1806) Eliza Libby of Scarboro' and settled in Durham. 
They had children, Dexter, Cyras, Josiah, Patience, Irene, Beth- 
une, Louisa, and 

Dexter Larrabee was born in Durham in a log-house in 1810 
and is still living. He m. Nancy Hunnewell. They had three 
children, Augusta, m. Emerson Bowie and lives in Auburn ; 
Malinda m. James Jordan and lives in New Gloucester, and 
Amos D. m. Rosa Jordan and lives in Durham. 




JONATHAN LIBBST. 






GENEALOGICAL NOTES 213 

The Thomas Larrabee above mentioned as killed by Indians 
19 April 1723 had a son John who m. 13 Jan. 1726 Mary Inger- 
soll of Kittery. Their son Jonathan settled in Durham. He 
was born in Scarborough 16 April 1748; m. 9 July 1771 Alice 
Davis; d. in Durham 20 Oct. 1836. His wife died in 1818. He 
was a Revolutionary soldier. He lived opposite Wm. D. Roak's. 
He had ch. John, Ichabod, Emma, all bap. in Scarborough 27 
Sept. 1781 ; also William, Jonathan, Caleb, and Joanna who m. 
John Roak. 

William, son of Jonathan and Alice (Davis) Larrabee was 
born in 1775; m. 8 Nov. 1807 Elizabeth, sister of Nathaniel 
Parker; d. 26 Mch. 1841. His wife died 29 June 1856, aged 
70 yrs. Of their children Mary, Martha and Emeline d. young ; 
Jane m. Jacob Larrabee ; William A. m. Susan Sawyer ; John P. ; 
Hannah m. Zenas C. Arey ; Stillman m. Martha Roak; Mary E. 
m. Wm. H. Rice ; Martha m. George Barr. 

Jonathan, son of Jonathan and Alice (Davis) Larrabee was 
born 21 April 1782; m. 28 Sept. 1809 his cousin Phebe Davis; 
d. in Hartford 12 Eeb. 1853. 13 ch. A full genealogical record 
of this family may be seen in Ridlon's "Saco Valley Settlement," 
PP- 855-7- 

LIBBY. 

Jonathan Libby, Jr. was born in Gray 31 Jan. 1812. He was 
descended from John Libby, born in England in 1602, settled in 
Scarborough about 1635. Jonathan Libby married 27 Dec. 1838 
Matilda S. Bacon and lived in N. Yarmouth before moving to 
Durham in 1847. He was a cooper and engaged in business 
with E. Dow. He was Representative to the Legislature in 1869. 
He was a man highly esteemed for honesty and integrity of char- 
acter. His affiliations were with the Universalist Church, but 
when that church had no service, he could always be seen on 
Sunday at the Union Church. He was a Republican, and that 
meant in his day a friend of temperance and freedom. His wife 
died 17 Dec. 1876. The children were all born in N.Yarmouth. 

Adelia b. 6 Mch. 1839; m. 24 Nov. 1862 Nathaniel I. Jordan. Lives 
in Auburn. 

George B. b. 8 Mch. 1841; m. 1868 Julia A. Dow of Buxton. 

Samuel B. b. 29 Jan. 1843; m. 30 Nov. 1871 Cornelia W.,dau. of Henry 
W. and Eliza A. (Eveleth) Paine of Durham. He was a soldier in the 
Rebellion. Has been' selectman and Representative. Carries on the 



214 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

business of Cooperage at S. W. Bend. Children are Etta M. b. 22 Feb. 
1874; Willard T. b. 4 April 1876, Bowdoin College, class of i8og; 
Gertrude E. b. 7 Aug. 1879. 

Fannie M. b. 7 April 1845; m. June 1867 Andrew G. Fitz. 

LINCOLN. 

The ancestor of the Lincoln family was Samuel Lincoln who 
came from Hingham, Eng. in 1637, and settled in Hingham, 
Mass. He was a mariner and weaver. He died in 1690, aged 
71 years. His son Mordecai settled in Scituate, Mass., in 1700, 
built a spacious house and was propiietor of saw and grist mills 
and of iron works. His son Mordecai Jr. went to Penn . and 
from him was descended Pres. Abraham Lincoln. Dr. Isaac 
Lincoln of Brunswick was a descendant of Isaac, son of Mordecai, 
Senr. of Scituate. John, who settled in Durham was, doubtless, 
a descendant of this same Mordecai Lincoln. 

John Lincoln was born in Scituate, Mass., 18 (or 29) of Dec. 
1743. Was a soldier in the Revolution. Married 21 Nov. 1779 
his cousin, Ruth Stetson who was born 7 April 1740. Moved 
to Durham about 1791, and settled on the County-road. They 
had, besides Joshua who died in infancy, six children, all born 
in Scituate. 

John Jr. b. 2 Jan. 1780; m. Martha Thompson of Topsham. Lived 
in Aroostook Co., Me. Died in 111. 

Elisha Stetson b. 5 Dec. 1781; m. 17 Sept. 1820 Clarissa Stetson; d. 
2 Nov. 1823 in Litchfield. 

Nathaniel Stetson b. 12 Oct. 1783; m. 21 Jan. 1820 Mary Stetson; 
d. 21 Feb. 1845. 

Christopher b. 3 Jan. 1785; m. I Jan. 1815 Thirza Gerrish. Lived and 
died in Litchfield, Me.; d. 23 Sept. 1864. 

Eunice Stetson b. 25 Aug. 1788; m. 27 Oct. 1812 Isaac Storer 
Hooper; died May 1884. 

David Stetson b. 15 Jan. 1790; m. 30 May 1816 Mary Mitchell; m. 
(2) 30 March 1830 Susan Blackstone. Lived in Durham and Brunswick. 

Nathaniel S. Lincoln, named above, lived in Durham oppo- 
site the old North Meeting House. He built the part now stand- 
ing. The front, which was the house of John Dean and of Wm. 
McGray, was taken down in 1854, carried to Brunswick and is 
still the framework of a house on Noble St. 

Mary Ann b. 14 July 1821 ; m. 10 May 1840 Horace Wright; d. 17 
Feb. 1 89 1. 

Charles b. 6 Nov. 1823; lost at sea Feb. 1851. 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES 215 

Nathaniel b. 3 Mch. 1826; m. 26 Sept. 1852 Mary E. Reed. Lost 
at sea Nov., 1S81. His family live in Brunswick. 
Ruth Helen b. 13 Oct. 1828; d. 17 Nov. 1871. 
John b. 8 Nov. 1831; lost at sea 17 Nov. 1871. 
Olive b. 22 Dec. 1833; d. 9 Feb. 18.52. 
Rebecca b. 20 Nov. 1835; m. 22 May 1856 Winthrop Farrin. 
Clara Abbie b. 3 Feb. 1838; m. 23 Dec. 1864 Wm. Stevens. 
George b. 1 July 1843; lives in Cal. Unm. 

LITTLEFIELD. 
Elijah Littlefield son of Elijah and Alary (Stevens) Littlefield, 
probably of Kennebunkport or Wells, was born about 1755. He 
was a soldier of the Revolution. He m. (1) 4 Nov. 1781 Mary 
Tukey of Portland, who died about 1806; (2) Hannah Cooper. 
He was a cordwainer and farmer. He bought a farm in the 
southern part of Durham 8 May 1798, selling out in Portland. 

Uriah b. 7 Jan. 1796; m. Ruth Penley; d. 13 Aug. 1859. 

Moses b. 25 March 1794; m. 25 Dec. 1815 Esther Lulkin; d. at sea 
1848. 10 ch. 

George b. Oct. 1786; m. int. 18 July 1812 Hannah Doughty of Tops- 
ham; lived in Durham; d. 8 Nov. 1870. 

Mary m. int. 13 Aug. 1808 Adam Morse of Brunswick; lived in 
Chesterville. 

Abigail m. int. 13 Aug. 1808 Samuel Mitchell. 

Nancy Penney m. 21 July 1816 Aaron Bickford of Gardiner. 

Sally b. at Durham 9 March 1801. 

MACOMBER. 

This family is of Scotch origin. "William Maycumber, 
cooper," was of Duxbury in 1638. He was fined in 1644 "for 
=peaking against the Indians." His descendant, Joseph Macom- 
bcr of Middlcborough, Mass., was born in 1732 and died Jan. 24, 
1800. He married Betsey Kennedy, whose Scotch ancestors 
were among the first settlers of Plymouth. In the Revolution he 
was a Sergt. in Capt. Levi Rounsevel's Co., Col. D. Brewer's 
Regt. Enlisted May 5, 1775; time of service, three months, four 
days. He was afterward Lieut, and Capt. of Militia. Their 
children, all born at Middleborough, were, 

Joseph b. 8 Sept. 1762: Thankful b. 21 Jan. 1764, d. 1854: 
Betsey b. 21 Mch 1765. d. 28 Aug. 1784 : Nathan b. 2 Feb. 1767, 
d. 10 Aug. 1788 : Frederick b. 19 Dec. 1768 : Elijah b. 14 Oct. 
1770: Judith b. 24 Aug. 1772: Olive b. 20 Mch. 1774: Lurana 



2 16 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

b. 19 Feb. 1778: Hannah b. 23 May 1780, d. mini. 28 Mch. 
1827 : she was a preacher among the Friends. 

Elijah Macomber came to Durham in 1801. He married at 
Windham, 6 June 1802, Eliza Swett, fourteenth and youngest 
child of Dr. Stephen and Sarah (Adams) Swett of Gorham. In 
the Revolution Swett was a Surgeon in Col. Edmund Phinney's 
31st Regt. of Foot. He was descended from John Swett of New- 
bury. 1642, who came from Devonshire, Eng. Sarah Adams 
was the daughter of Dr. Samuel Adams of Durham, N. H. and 
sixth in descent from Governors Winthrop and Dudley of Mass. 

Elijah Macomber bought, in 1808, lot 83 of John and Sarah 
Bagley, heirs of Col. Jonathan Bagley. It is quite certain that 
he had been living on this farm some time before the purchase. 
His house stood a little north of where George Miller now lives 
and was burned many years ago. Here he kept a store and 
carried on the farm. He was Lieut, in the Militia, constable, and 
five times Selectman. Died 26 Sept. 1849. His wife, born 28 
Sept. 1783, died 26 April 1853. Their children were, 

Stephen b. 26 May 1803; m, 9 Nov. 1826 Sarah B. Francis: d. 30 
April 1877 at Parkman. 

Julia Ann b. 26 Feb. 1805; m. 30 May 1822 Joseph Curtis of Lisbon; 
d. 30 May 1S82 in Bangor. 

Joseph b. 6 Nov. 1806; m. 20 Oct. 1853 Mrs. Mary (Miller) McArthur; 
d. s. p. about 1890 in Abington, Mass. 

Adams b. 26 July 1808; m. 10 Dec. 1832 Betsey Briggs of Minot; d. 
8 Nov. 1853 in New Paris, Ind. 

Eliza Swett b. 9 April 1810; m. 8 Nov. 183S Samuel Owen Stack- 
pole; d. 12 May 1888 in Brunswick. 

Washington b. 10 Sept. 1812; m. 19 Sept. 1839 Abigail Davis; d. 12 
Sept. 1874 in Lynn, Mass. 

Horatio M. b. 22 June 1814; m. (1) 28 July 1836 Mary Wingate; (2) 
Mrs. Phillips; d. about 1890 in Ind. See p. 71. 

Leonard b. 30 May 1816; see below. 

John b. 16 Mch. 1819; m. (1) 31 May 1846 Caroline Weston; (2) 22 
Sept. 1875 Mrs. Mary F. Tufts; d. s. p. 26 Nov. 1883 in Lynn, Mass. 

Leonard Macomber was the only one of this family who lived 
long in Durham. He settled on the old Stoddard farm, lot 85, 
in 1856. He married (1) 28 April 1842 Eliza Jane Swett, who 
was born in Turner 8 June 1819 and died in Durham 27 Sept. 
185 1 ; (2) 1 July 1852 Louisa A. League, b. in Turner 8 Aug. 1828 
and d. 14 Sept. 1852: (3) 1 May [853 Abigail Gerrish, who died 




ELIZA (SWETT) MACOMBER. 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES 2\"J 

March 1868; (4) 7 April 1869 Sarah Alexander of Brunswick, 
born 15 Jan. 1824 and is still living. 

Leonard Macomber was a prosperous farmer, a good citizen, 
and was honored by being elected Selectman and Representative 
to the Legislature. He died 13 June 1889. By his first marriage 
there were, besides an infant, two sons: — Joseph, b. at Turner 

8 Jan. 1845, soldier in the Civil War and died at the rebel prison 
at Andersonville 29 (?) July, 1864: and George L., born at Dur- 
ham 29 Nov. 1848. He also was a soldier in the Rebellion. 
Graduated at the State College at Orono and settled as a farmer 
and teacher at Windom, Minn. 

The only child of Leonard and Abigail (Gerrish) Macomber 
was Everett Leroy, born 4 Sept. 1854. He lives on the home- 
stead. 

MARSTON. 

Joshua Marston married Rebecca Sawyer and settled in the 
western part of the town early in the century. He died 20 Jan. 

1884, aged 85 yrs. 8 mos. and 8 days. His wife died 28 Oct. 

1885, aged 89 yrs. 8 mos. and 11 days. Their children were 
William K., Mariam, Sarah and Edward. 

William K. Marston died 22 Dec. 1883, aged 60 yrs. 11 mos. 
24 days. His wife, Elizabeth died 26 June 1849, aged 26 yrs. 

9 mos. 15 days. The details of the history and genealogy of 
this family could not be obtained after many inquiries. 

McGRAY. 
Capt. William McGray came to Harpswell probably from 
Scituate, Mass. ; thence to N. Yarmouth ; and to Durham about 
1781. He m. (1) July 1764 Susannah Turner, born at Scituate 
8 Jan. 1742 and died in Durham 5 Feb. 1801 ; m. (2) 6 Aug. 1801 
Peace Turner. It is not known when he died. The family 
name has long been extinct in Durham. Several of his family 
moved to Lisbon. 

Lemuel b. in Harpswell 5 Oct. 1764: m. 1786 Sarah Strout. 2 ch. 
He died 4 Oct. 1788. Jeremiah b. 14 April 1787; Sarah b. 23 Jan. 1789. 
The widow of Lemuel McGray m. 1791. Nathaniel Gerrish. 

Molly b. 2 Feb. 1767. 

Elizabeth b. 10 March 1769; m. 20 March 1788 James Wilson. 

John b. 10 Aug. 1771; m. 27 Oct. 1791 Rebecca Nichols. 

Sarah b. 17 May 1774; d. 22 Dec. 1775. 

William b. 8 Oct. 1777; m. 25 Oct. 179S Betty Mitchell. 



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Asa b. 18 Sept. 1780; m. 29 March 1801, Susanna Stoddard. 
Sally b. 1 Nov. 1783; d. 6 May 1784. 

A Samuel McGray m. Betsey Nichols and settled in Lisbon, 
and kept the ferry at S. W. Bend. He died 19 Mch. 1872. His 
wife died 28 Mch. 1872. 

Mcintosh. 

John Mcintosh a Scotchman came from Harpswell soon 
after 1780. Was a Revolutionary soldier from Harpswell. The 
name of his first wife is unknown. He m. (2) 29 Nov. 1810 Sallv 
Mitchell. 

Jam-: b. 13 Dec. 1778. 
Peggy b. in Harpswell 31 Dec. 1780. 
John b. in Royalsborough 20 Aug. 1785; d. 17 Jan. 1787. 
Hannah b. 19 May 1787; m. 10 Mch. 1808 Richard Clough. 
Nanny b. 2 May 1789. 

Susannah b. 4 April 1792; m. 1808, Eliphalet Welch of Brunswick. 
Mercy b. 16 May 1794; m. 26 Nov. 1812 Peter Parker. 
Ezekiel b. 13 May 1795; m. 29 May 1832 Miriam Estes. 
William b. 15 June 1796; m. 1821 Nancy Jennings of Farmington; 
in. (2) 18 Mch. 1837 Sophronia Jennings. 

Alexander b. 4 April 1798; m. 1 June 1826 Hannah Jordan. 
Dorothy b. 26 Oct. 1801; m. Isaac Estes. 
Asenatii b. 25 June 1803; m. Mitchell. 

MERRILL. 

Roger Merrill, a Rev. Soldier, son of Nathaniel and Mary 
(Sargent) Merrill of Nottingham, N. H. was born at Newbury, 
Mass. 1 Feb. 1761. His ancestors came from England in the ship 
"Hector," in 1633. He m. in New Gloucester 2 Feb. 1785 Doro- 
thy, dau. of Hon. John Gushing, then of Royalsborough, after- 
ward of Freeport. They lived in Durham till 1802, where their 
first eight children were born ; afterward in Portland and Litch- 
field. He was a mason by trade. The last part of his life was 
spent in Durham where he died 15 June 1852, aged 91 years, 
4 mos. 15 days. His wife died in Litchfield 28 Dec. 1863. Their 
children were. 

Orlando b. 30 June 1786; m. Sarah Wagg of Lisbon. 
Dolly b. 30 Sept. 1788; m. 1806 Wtn. Bartlett. 
John b. 11 Dec. 1790; died at sea. 
Jonathan C. b. 20 Feb. 1793; see p. 219. 




JONATHAN C. MERRILL. 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES 219 

Polly b. 5 May 1795; d. at age of 22 years. 

Betsey b. 8 Dec. 1797; m. Robinson. 

Edward b. 24 July 1800; m. 15 Oct. 1827 Mary Converse. Lived in 
New Bedford, Mass. Died 11 Sept. 1884. 

Caleb b. 24 June 1802; d. 14 Oct. 1805. 

William b. 20 Sept. 1804; d. 9 Oct. 1805. 

Jesse b. 17 Dec. 1806; d. 10 July 1813. 

Mary S. b. 20 Sept. 1809; m. Aaron True of Litchfield 27 Jan. 1830. 
She died 16 April 1875. 

Sarah b. 26 Dec. 1812; d. 19 Aug. 1813 in Portland. 

Infant b. 22 Nov. 1817; d. soon after. 

Jonathan C, son of Roger Merrill, born 20 Feb. 1793, mar- 
ried 12 April 1818 Sarah Joy of Portland. He worked at the 
trade of a cooper till about 1820, when he moved back from Port- 
land to Durham and opened a hotel and country store. He was 
in trade and lumber business the greater part of his life and was 
known as an active business man, identified with all the interests 
of the town. He twice represented the town in the State Legis- 
lature and was on the Board of County Commissioners. He 
died in Durham 5 May 1865. 

Sarah E. b. 19 Nov. 1820; m. Dec. 1858 Nathaniel Dunning. He 
died 22 July 1880, aged 83 yrs. 

Aebie H. b. 25 Aug. 1823; m. 3 Oct. 1842 William Merrill of Durham. 

Mary C. b. 24 May 1827; m. Win. E. Morris. 

John Cushing b. 26 March 1830; m. 26 Jan. 1854 Marcia A. Cary. 
Their daughter Maria S. Merrill has long been a teacher of French in 
Abbot Academy, Andover, Mass. Another daughter, Sarah J., lives 
with her father in Portland. 

John Merrill, of another family, married Lucy, dau. of Rob- 
ert Plummer (Int. Rec. 2 June 1810) and died 8 May 1818, aged 
28 yrs, 4 mos. Their son John, born in Brunswick 13 Oct. 
1814, was the only one of their children who has descendants. 
He married, 12 April 1840, Eunice S., dau. of Theophilus S. 
Thomas. He died 17 June 1864 in New Orleans, being then a 
soldier in the Union Army. 

Pamelia T. b. 27 Mch. 1841; m. 27 Nov. 1862 Joseph Dennison of 
Freeport, born 14 April 1837, a Union soldier. He died 1 April 1876. 
One son, John M. Dennison, was born 31 July 1865. 

John H. b. 10 Jan. 1843; m. 12 Jan. 1874 Sarah Jane, dau. of Gardner 
G. and .Sarah (Stack-pole) Larrabee. They have one child, Alzo Selden, 
born 20 Aug. 1875. 

William H. b. 10 Jan. 1843; m. 9 June 1872 Laura E., dau. of Joseph 
and Jane (Randall) Osgood. Their children are Francis W. b. 29 May 



220 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

1873, d. 2 Aug. 1874; George E. b. 15 May 1875; Howard J. b. 25 Nov. 
1877; Sadie E. b. 21 April 1880; Pamelia J. b. 10 Oct. 1881; John E. 
b. 28 April 1866; Charles b. 16 April 1888, d. 27 Oct. 1888; William I. 
b. 26 Feb. 1893. 

Joseph A. b. 14 Sept. 1845; m. 12 Jan. 1867 Elizabeth B. Pierce of 
Vassalborough. They have one son. Adelbert B., born in Topsham 24 
Aug. 1869. Joseph A. Merrill now lives in Augusta, Me. 

MILLER. 

Joshua, David and James Miller, brothers, came from Cape 
Elizabeth in 1792. James bought lot 95 in 1796 and sold the 
westerly part of it in 1806 to his brother Joshua, who sold it in 
1832 to Edmund Titcomb. James Miller moved to Gardiner and 
later to Ohio. 

Joshua Miller was born in Cape Elizabeth 12 Oct. 1765. He 
married 16 Oct. 1787 Anne Wilson Simonton who was born 30 
Nov. 1763. He has been described as "tall and lank" and his 
wife, "short and stout." He lived on lot 97. Here he died 22 
Oct. 1852. His wife died 21 Jan. 1852. 

Joshua Jr. b. 9 Nov. 178S; m. Dorcas Wagg of Danville. For a long 
time they kept hotel at S. W. Bend, and were familiarly known as "Uncle 
Josh" and "Aunt Dorcas." Having no children they adopted and 
brought up several. They were highly esteemed. He died 6 Sept. 1862. 
His wife died 24 June 1869. 

Sarah b. 22 Dec. 1791; m. (1) 29 Nov. 1810 Apollos Jordan; m. (2) 
24 Nov. 1833 Jeremiah Dingley Esq. 

Abigail b. 4 June 1794: m. 12 Feb. 1815 James Strout of Durham; d. 
3 Meh. 1819. 

TiinopiiiLUs b. 21 May 1797; m. 1822 Anna Bridgham of Danville. 
He was killed 3 July 1830, at a muster in Brunswick, by a wad from a 
cannon discharged by William Card. He was drummer for a military 
company. His widow married Robert Bowie. A son Wm. B. Miller 
b. 8 April 1823; m. 2 Nov. 1845 Irene G. Tyler and d. 2 May 1858, leaving 
a daughter who is now Mrs. Sarah Morse of Auburn. 

William b. 4 April 1800; see below. 

Mary b. 28 Aug. 1803; m. (1) 15 Sept. 1836, her cousin, Peter 
McArthur of Limington; (2) Joseph Macomber of Durham. She died 
in Durham 7 May 1868. 

John b. 13 May 1806; see p. 221. 

William, son of Joshua and Anne (Simonton) Miller married 
23 l\b. .1826 Betsey, dau. of William and Hannah (Stackpole) 




WILLIAM MILLER. 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES 22 1 

Webster. Farmer at "Methodist Corner." Died 26 Aug. 1856. 
See portrait. 

Simon b. 10 May 1828; m. 27 Feb. 1856 Josephine, dau. of William and 
Abbie P. (Wescott) Robinson; was for some time a trader in Durham. 
Died in Lewiston 3 Jan. 1883. They had two children, Gertrude W., 
who is a teacher in Lewiston. and William R., who is an architect in the 
same city. 

William S. b. 13 Dec. 1830; m. 18 Feb. 1863 Melissa J. dau. of Elisha 
and Mary (Tyler) Strout. He lives on the old homestead at "Methodist 
Coiner." Has one son, Frederick Henry b. 14 Feb. 1865; m. 21 June 
1893 Julia L. dau. of Andrew and Fanny (Libby) Fitz. This son is one 
of the Selectmen of Durham. 

Hannah E. b. 22 Feb. and d. 5 Mch. 1835. 

James Henry b. 7 July 1839; m. Annie Johnson of Bridgton. He is 
remembered as a musician. Resides in Bowlder, Montana. Their only 
son, Frank C, was accidentally killed Nov. 1896, at Bowlder, aged 20 yrs. 

John Miller (See Biog. Sketch) married 2 Dec. 1830, Hannah 
dau. of Samuel and Catherine (Clark) Robinson. Lived on the 
homestead. Died 5 Dec. 1869. Three children. 

Joseph b. 5 Nov. 1832; m. 5 May 1858 Mary E. dau. of Benjamin Bur- 
gess. He was a farmer on the River Road, afterward a builder in Lew- 
iston and Cambridge, Mass., where he died 24 May 1896. He was my old 
Sunday School Teacher, and I revere his memory. I was present at his 
death and officiated at his burial in Lewiston. He left two children, 
Florence and Charles. 

Ancelia b. 26 July 1834; d. 28 Feb. 1888. 

Samuel b. 11 Feb. 1837; m. 19 Nov. 1863 Elizabeth Hodgkins of 
Greene. He used to teach the Singing Schools, and was a man of piety 
and refined spirit. He died triumphantly 19 Nov. 1869 in Lewiston. 
Their children are Carrie, John W., Sarah R. 

David Miller m. in Cape Elizabeth 18 Dec. 1786 his cousin 
Elizabeth Miller. He settled in Durham on lot 96. 

Mary b. 1788; unm.; d. Jan. 1844. 

Elizabeth b. 10 Jan. 1792; m. Wm. Wagg; d. 24 Nov. 1870. 

David b. 1794; m. Apphia Miller; d. 3 March 1877- His wife d. 30 
April 1871, aged 78 yrs. Their children were Sarah d. 16 April 1855, aged 
29; David, d. 24 May 1856, aged 32; Edmund, James and Mary E. 

Hugh b. 1796; m. 1825 Sally Jordan, who was born 22 Jan. 1797 and 
died 13 Dec. 1886. He died 9 Oct. 1884. Their children were James 
Jordan b. 20 May 1826; Elizabeth b. 5 Jan. 1830; George W. b. 27 Feb. 
1832 and Harriet D. b. 7 Sept. 1834. 

Joshua b. 1800. Unm.; d. Oct. 1887. 

Ann b. 1806; m. 29 Jan. 1837, Abel C. McKenney; d. Jan. 1844. 



222 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

John Miller of Cape Elizabeth was born 4 Jan. 1745 and 
died 25 May 1820. He was probably son of John Miller who 
married Jane Craige in Falmouth (Int. Rec. 27 Aug. 1738). He 
was baptized at the First Parish Church in old Falmouth in 1752. 
He married, 15 April 1781, Mrs. Margaret (Johnson) McLellan 
of Gorham, widow of Alexander McLellan. She was born 22 
June 1744 and died 20 Mch. 1820. They had, besides two 
children who died young, a son Samuel, born in Gorham 10 
May 1786. The first wife of Samuel was -Jane Brackett Smith 
who died Jan. 1812, aged 28 yrs., leaving one dau., Jane B. Miller, 
b. 8 Jan. 1812, d. 22 Nov. 1888. He married (2) Nov. 1817, 
Mary, dau. of Randall and Miriam Johnson, born 18 Mch. 1794. 
She died 20 June 1885. He died in Durham 21 April 1861. 
Their children were Elizabeth M., who married Emery S. War- 
ren, and John, born in Gorham 22 May 1822. 

John Miller, in 1843, moved to Durham with his father, who 
with William Miller had bought of Joshua Miller the hotel at 
South West Bend. Thus it was known for many years as 
"Miller's Tavern." William Miller was in partnership but one 
year. John Miller sold, in 1871, to the present occupant, Abner 
Merrill. He afterward served as clerk in various hotels, includ- 
ing the Poland Spring House, the Elm House at Auburn and the 
Brighton House, at Brighton, Mass. He retired from business 
in 1877, lived at Durham till 1879. and then moved to Lewiston, 
where he died 11 Oct. 18S1. He married, 28 June 1858. Kate 
White Miller, who was born in Cabron, Lincolnshire, Eng., 7 
Dec. 1823. They had one daughter, Belle, born in Caistor, 
Lug., 23 Sept. 1873. 

Air. Miller had a genial spirit and a kind word for all. Thus 
he secured many friends. He cultivated the habit of thinking 
charitably and speaking well of everybody mentioned. He was 
earnestly devoted to his business and accumulated thereby a 
property sufficient to enable him to spend his last years with 
his family in comfortable rest. 

MITCHELL. 
William Mitchell is mentioned in Bagley's Account Book in 
1772. His intentions of marriage with Elizabeth Clark were 
recorded in old Falmouth 21 April 1759. She was a sister to the 
Rev. Ephraim Clark, long pastor of the church at Cape Elizabeth. 
She probably came from Cape Ann, Mass. William Mitchell's 







JOHN MILLER. 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES 223 

sons in Durham were Peter, Thomas, William, Jr., Samuel, 
Richard and Robert. Peter married, 29 Nov. 1802, Kezia Ring 
and moved to Avon. She was accidentally burned to death in her 
old age. A son James lived in Letter E. Another son, Robert, 
lived in Gardiner. Peter Mitchell lived in Durham on the "Hal- 
lowell Road," south of the Gull}-, where Mr. Miller now lives. 
It was probably his father's house that stood back in the pasture, 
some little distance from the road. 

Thomas Mitchell owned a part of lot 70 and sold it to Martin 
Rourk. There is no record of him after 1807, when he was last 
taxed. 

William Mitchell Jr. married Avis Cushing in 1797. Lived 
on or near lot 121. Moved to Avon in 1834 and died about 1836. 
He used to work in the shipyards as a caulker. Nine children. 

John b. 19 Jan. 1798; m. 22 Aug. 1824 Lydia Spaulding of Durham. 
Moved to Avon, thence to Strong, and d. 1892. His wife d. 1893. Had 
g ch., three of whom are living. Isaiah Mitchell of Auburn is one of 
them. 

William 3D b. 28 Oct. 1799. Went to N. Y. and was never heard 
from. 

Israel b. 14 Sept. 1801; d. 1 Oct. 1801. 

Silence m. John Smith and died in Avon. 

Aaron b. 1805; m. 28 July 1832 Susan, dau. of Rev. John Robinson 
of Lisbon. He died in Winthrop, Mass., in 1895. She died in Linden, 
Mass., in 1892, aged 8j yrs. Their children were Benjamin R., Dexter, 
Stanford, Avis, Hoshea, Nellie. They lived in West Durham, Auburn, 
North Durham, and finally the whole family moved to Mass. Stanford 
became a Universalist minister. 

James m. Anna Boston. Moved to Avon with his father. Settled and 
died at Poland Corner. 

Emeline m. Carr Barker; d. Out West after having lived some years 
in Phillips, Me. 

Betsey b. 13 Sept. 1807; m. 20 Oct. 1830 David Bowie of Durham; d. 
30 March 1898. 

Clark m. Serena Boston. Lived and died in Avon. His son lives 
in Avon, Me. 

Mary. Unm. 

Richard Mitchell married in Cape Elizabeth 31 Aug. 1788 
Eleanor Webster. Lived for a short time in Durham on lot 92. 
Six ch. recorded. 

Patience b. 6 July 1789; m. int. 7 Aug. 1815 Jacob True of Pejepscot. 

John b. 14 Feb. 1792. 

Christopher b. 14 May 1795; m. Esther Penley of Danville. Lived 
on the Hotel Road. 9 ch. 



224 " HISTORY OF DURHAM 

Lucinda b. 18 May 1797. 

Benjamin b. 8 Aug. 1799, m. Hannah Penley of Danville. Lived on 
Hotel Road in Auburn. 
James b. 25 April 1802. 

Robert Mitchell married 25 April 1793 Sally Dyer of Durham. 
The following children are recorded : 

Hannah b. 26 Aug. 1794; m. int. 27 Aug. 1814 Riggs Getchell of 
Durham. 

Folly b. 18 July 1796; m. 30 May 1816 David Lincoln of Durham. 

David b. 28 Feb. 1798. 

Jane b. 1 Oct. 1800; m. James Fowler of Unity, Me. 

Francis b. 13 March 1803. 

Samuel Mitchell was born 18 Dec. 1766; m. 19 Nov. 1802 
Betsey Dingley, who was b. 24 Nov. 1776 and d. 3 Feb. 1853 
He d. 21 July 1835. They lived on the southern half of lot 90. 

William b. 1803; d. 22 Oct. 1823. 

Eliza b. Aug. 1805: m. Deacon Bangs of Sabattus; d. Aug. 1836. 

Isaiah b. 1809; d. 13 Nov. 1823. 

Sally b. July 1S11; m. Sargent Whittum. Lived in Sabattus and 
Levviston, Me. 

Mary b. Oct. 1813; d. 21 April 1863. 

Samuel b. June 1815; m. (1) Harriet Eveleth; (2) 19 Sept. 1858 Laura 
W. Jones. Died in Durham 12 Jan. 1869. His sons, George and Alvah, 
live in Boston, Mass. 

Israel b. 15 Sept. 1817; m. 26 Oct. 1847 Eliza Fowler of Unity; d. 
22 Dec. 1891. Lived on the homestead in Durham many years. Died 
in Lewiston. 4 ch. James and Alonzo died young. Emma and Mrs. 
Martha Lufkin live in Lewiston, Me. 

Susan b. June 1S22; d. 21 April 1897. Unm. 

MOULTON. 

Samuel Moulton, probably son of Henry, was born in Lisbon 
18 Nov. 1782, married, 2 Feb. 1806, Wealthy, dau. of Josiah Day 
of Durham and died in Lee, Me., 27 Nov. 1866. His wife born 
22 Oct. 1782, died in Lee 17 Aug. 1849. The town records say 
she was born 4 Nov. 1782. The record of this family may be 
seen in the History of Litchfield. 

Jeremiah Moulton, son of Samuel, born 9 Sept. 1808, mar- 
ried, Dec. 1830 Phebe, dau. of Josiah Day, Jr., and died in Dur- 
ham 6 June 1889. His wife, born 30 July 1810, is still living. 

AUGUSTA W. m. 26 Jan. 1853 Daniel B. Blethen. Died 22 May 1897, 
aged 65 yrs. 7 mos. 

J. Elvira m. G. Wendell Blethen. 




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GENEALOGICAL NOTES 225 

Mercy E. m. Elisha Day. 

Lorenzo D. d. 1 Sept. 1863, aged 24 yrs. 7 mos. 
Albert d. 27 Dec. 1885, aged 44 yrs. 11 mos. 
Josiah d. 8 Nov. 1857, aged 14 yrs. 5 mos. 
Corris A. d. 3 May 1852, aged 6 yrs. 7 mos. 
Laura E. m. Otis S. White. 

Leander H. m. Laura Eleanor Whitney. He is Principal of the 
High School at Lisbon Falls. 

NEWELL. 
Ebenezer Newell born in Brookline, Mass. 18 Mch. 1747: m. 
12 Dec. 1765 Catharine, dau. of James and Mary (Woodward) 
Richards. She was born in Newton 25 Dec. 1747. He moved 
to Cape Elizabeth, then to Durham in 1779, and settled on lot 
66, which he bought of Charles Hill. His wife died 21 Nov. 1788. 
He m. (2) 13 July 1789, Hannah Sylvester of Harpswell. He was 
Lieut, in the Revolution and Town Clerk for several years. Died 
20 Nov. 1791. His widow m. 19 Aug. 1802 Anthony Murray of 
Pejepscot. 

Ebenezer b. in Newton, Mass., 23 Aug. 1767. Sec below. 

Enoch b. in Newton, Mass., 14 Feb. 1770. See p. 226. 

William b. in Newton, Mass., 25 May 177-2- See p. 220. 

Sally b. in Cape Elizabeth 20 Nov. 1773: m. 4 April 1701, David 
Gross of Pejepscot. 12 ch; d. 28 June [859. He died 3 Jan. 1837. 

Daniel b. 5 Oct. 1775. Unknown. 

John b. 20 July 1778: drowned when a young man. 

.Mary b. in Royalsborough 20 April 1781; m. Mr. Bond of Jay. 

Jesse b. 20 July 1783; d. at sea. Unrn. 

Samuel b. 23 July 1785. Missionary. See Sketch. 

Barstow, only child of second marriage, b. 19 April 1791; died in 
War of 1812 of sickness. 

Ebenezer Newell Jr. m. 10 June 1789 Elizabeth Jackson of 
Cape Elizabeth, b. 19 Jan. 1771 and d. 21 July 185 1. 

James b. 12 Jan. 1790; see p. 227. 

Nancy b. 23 Jan. 1792: m. 4 Feb. 1813 James Cushing; lived in Atkin- 
son. 

Catherine b. 4 July 1793; m. 6 Dec. i860 George Crawford, Senr. 

Elizabeth b. 19 Oct. 1795; d. 18 May 1798- 

John b. 18 Sept. 1797: m. 20 Jan. 1820 Sagy Strout; moved to New- 
Portland. 

Sarah b. 19 Mch. 1800. Unm. 

Eliza b. 4 Feb. 1802; m. (1) John Whitney of Freeman and had one 
daughter who m. Israel Newell of Durham; (2) Mr. Gould. 

Mary b. 30 Sept. 1803; d. 3 April 1805. 



2 26 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

Ebenezer 3d b. 7 Sept. 1805; see p. 227. 

Lorenzo D. b. 13 Aug. 1807; m. (1) Sally Weathem; (2) her sister 
Sibyl; (3) Ann Walker; he is living in New Vineyard. 

Samuel G. b. 11 May 1810; m. 15 Sept. 1833 Sophia Ann Tyler, b. in 
Pownal 31 Mch. 1814. He died 2 Nov. 1883. Ch. Harriet C. b. 22 Aug. 
1834; Mary E. b. 26 Dec. 1835; Roscoe G. b. 15 Sept. 1837; Zebulon T. 
b. 15 July 1839; Charles E. b. 22 July 1841 ; Frederick H. b. 13 July 1843, 
d. 2 Oct. 1844: Annie T. b. 29 April 1845. d. 17 April 1846; Alfreda B. 
b. 8 Oct. 1846; Franklin H. b. 1 Sept. 1848; Everlin F. b. 17 May 1851; 
Alfred E. b. 11 Jan. 1856, d. 31 Oct. i860. 

Ralph J. b. 31 Aug. 1812; d. 11 Mch. 1814. 

Enoch Newell m. 28 July 1793 Hannah Bagley; d. 18 Mch. 
1848. She was b. 14 June 1773 and d. 6 (Jet. 1843. 

O. Israel Bagley b. 5 April 1794. Minister. See sketch. 

Enoch Jr. b. 19 June 1796: m. Mary W. Freeman. Had one son 
Frank, who lives in Cal. Enoch died 2 Sept. 1825. His widow m. (2) 
Edward Newell. 

Hannah b. 1 June 1798; d. 23 Mch. 1805. 

Lora b. 20 April 1800; d. 22 Mch. 1805. 

Ebenezer b. 16 April 1S02; 111. 29 Aug. 1830 Nancy Newell. They 
had ch. Augusta b. 4 April 1831; m. Mark Knight. Israel b. 28 Sept. 
[832; 111. Whitney. Rose Anna in. Joseph Varney. 

Edward b. 16 Mch. 1804: see p. 228. 

Freeman 111. 21 July 1839 Harriet J. Gould of Lewiston. Kept a 
music store in Lewiston many years. 

Daniel b. 2^ Nov. 1809; see p. 227. 

Stillmax b. 1816; m. Elvira Berry; d. 1847. His widow m. Rev. John 
Elliott. Stillman Newcll's daughter Mary m. S. J. Abbot and d. 20 Feb. 
1861, aged 22 yrs. 3 mos. Another daughter Fhilo T. m. Daniel B. 
Newell. 

Mary in. 1844 Jeremiah Mitchell of Pownal. 

Hosea m. and d. in Yarmouth. Had children Charles, Esther and 
Ellen. 

\\ illiam Newell in. 19 Feb. 1797 Anna lioyt. Their children 
were. 

John b. 7 April 1798; m. 30 Nov. 1820 Lucy Vining; d. 28 Dec. 1884. 

t'li. Tila b. 19 Jan. 1823; m Thoits; Lucy Ann b. 21 Jan. 1825; Maria 

b. 27 Jan. 1829; Joseph b. 14 June 1831; Harriet b. 18 Feb. 1834, m. 10 
June 1857 Christopher Moses. 

William b. 23 Mch. 1800; d. 3 Jan. 1881. Unm. Col. of Militia. 

Nancy b. 3 Sept. 1802; m. her cousin Ebenezer Newell; d. May 1880. 

David b. 20 Jan. 1805; see p. 228. 

Samuel b. 3 April 1807; m. 30 Dec. 1832 Deborah Sawyer; d. 30 June 
\ dau. Sarah N. was b. 3 Feb. 1835 and m. Frank Morrill Esq. 

JOSEPH b. -'■> ^-Ug. 1810; d, in Havana, Oct. 1830. 




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GENEALOGICAL NOTES 227 

Harriet A. b. 13 Jan. 1813; m. 25 Aug. 1830 Wm. Wallace Strout; 
d. 21 June 1898. 

Katharine b. 21 Nov. 1815; d. 1816. 

Ebenezer Newell 3d m. 25 Mch. 1828 Mary Snow. He 
lived as a farmer in Durham, and was a Christian man of 
unblemished character. See portrait. He died in Lisbon 13 
Dec. 1894. His wife died 20 May 1874. 

Hannah b. 2 Dec. 1828; m. 9 Nov. 1849 Isaiah Philbrook. 

Elizabeth C. b. 13 Mch. 1830; m. 14 Oct. 1856 James Green. 

Joshua S. b. 12 Mch. 1832; m. 6 April 1855 Ann B. Dunning; lived 
in Topsham. 

Eben b. 17 April 1834; m. 31 Aug. 1855 Hannah R. Dunning; ch. 
Nettie and Adelbert. 

Matilda Caroline b. 14 Feb. 1840; m. 13 July 1869 Luther B. Newell 
of Durham. 

Elisha S. b. 2 Oct. 1836; m. 31 Aug. 1862 Angie M. Roak. Res. 
Farmingdale. 

Henry F. b. 6 July 1842; m. 22 Oct. 1864 Emma, dau. of George P. 
Day. Res. Brunswick. Farmer. 

Geo. Albert b. 2 Mch. 1847; m. 15 April 1875 Mary E. Lowell. Res. 
Windham. 

Daniel, son of Enoch and Hannah (Bagley) Newell b. 23 
Nov. 1809; m. 13 Oct. 1839 Emily King Harmon. He died in 
Durham 13 Jan. 1887. She died 3 Oct. i860, aged 43 yrs. 1 mo. 
He m. (2) 4 June 1861 Sarah J. Owen. 4 ch. by first marriage. 

Enoch b. 2 Dec. 1842; m. 1865 Etta M. Toothaker of Pownal. He is 
a preacher in Michigan. See p. 75. 

Lora b. 15 May 1844; m. 7 March 1868 Georgiana Toothaker. sister 
to his brother's wife. Went West. 

Daniel B. b. 3 Jan. 1848; m. April 1869 Philo T.. dau. of Stillman 
Newell. 

Harmon b. 2 Dec. 1850; m. Harriet Noyes in Cal. 

James, son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Jackson) Newell born 
12 Jan. 1790; m 24 Dec. 1818 Mrs. Susanna (Vining) Tracy. 

Henry J. b. 26 May 1819; m. Harriet Hutchins. See p. 75- 

Julia R. b. 27 Aug. 1820; m. Nov. 1848 Hiram J. Trask. 

Susan G. b. 14 May 1822; m. 16 Dec. 1849 Wm. W. Knight. 

James b. 14 April 1824. See p. 228. 

Elhanan W. b. 8 Feb. 1826; d. 11 Nov. 1826. 

John V. b. 20 April 1829; m. Oct. 1853 Abbie Weeman of Lisbon. 
Methodist minister. See p. 7J. 

Elizabeth P. b. 5 Dec, 1832; m. 26 Sept. 1852 Joseph Weeman. 



228 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

David, son of William and Anna (Hoyt) Newell, was born 
in Durham 20 Jan. 1805. See p. 68. He married 27 Aug. 1825 
in Gorham, Me., Jane S. Brackett and died in Gorham 2 Mch. 
1891. She died 2 April 1877, aged 71 years. 

William B. b. in Portland 12 Jan. 1827; m. 16 June 1850 Susannah 
K. Weeks. See Biog. Sketch and portrait. Two children. Ida Ella b. 
12 Jan. 1852, and William Henry b. 16 April 1854. See Biog. Sketch and 
portrait. 

Charles C. b. in Otisfield 11 Aug. 1831. In the Rebellion he was 
Capt. of Co. A, 24th Maine Regt. Died at Port Hudson, La. 14 July 1863. 

Harriet Atwood b. 29 Sept. 1836: d. 7 Jan. 1886. Teacher for many 
years in the public schools. 

Margaret B. b. 22 April 1838; m. Joseph W. Libby. Died at Ocean 
Park, Old Orchard, 7 Sept. 1896. 

Henry H. b. 5 Nov. 1840; soldier in the Rebellion. Died at Alex- 
andria, Va. 28 Nov. 1861. 

Lizzie A. b. in Durham 27 Sept. 1846. 

Edward, son of Enoch and Hannah (Bagley) Newell, b. 16 
.Mch. 1804, m. his brother Enoch's widow, Mrs. Mary W. 
(Freeman) Newell, who was horn 4 Nov. 1798 and died n Mch. 
1889. Edward Newell lived as a farmer on lot 69, and died 6 
( )ct. 1864. Ch. 

I i'\\ vrd lives at West Durham. 

Freeman m. Mary Roberts; lives in Brunswick. 

Howard lives in Cal. 

Thomas lives in Cal. 

Frances m. Bangs. Deceased. 

James, son of James and Susanna Newell, was born 14 April 
1824. He married, 11 June 1848, Sarah Webster Herrick, dan. 
of Thomas Herrick, born in Harmony. Me.. 8 May 1826. He 
resides in Durham. The children were all born in Durham. 

Delta Frances b. 9 Dec. 1849; d. Sept. 1852. 
Cathie Susan b. 29 Dec. 1851; m. Wm. H. Thomas. 
Delia Frances b. 1 July 1853; m. 5 Feb. 1880 Isaac Hacker of Bruns- 
wick. 

Mary Vining b. 17 Oct. 1854; m. 4 Aug. 1872 Revillo M. Strout. 
Mattie Herrick b. 27 April 1862; m. 3 Nov. 1880 George H. Hascall. 
Fred Webster b. 22 Dec. 1865. See Biog. Sketch and portrait. 




FRED WEBSTER NEWELL. 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES 2 29 

NICHOLS. 

Capt. Samuel Nichols of Reading, Mass., married at Cape 
Elizabeth, 10 Nov. 1767 Rebecca Wimble, who was born 7 Nov. 
1748. He settled in Royalsborough earlier than 1778 on lot 80 
and built his cabin where now is Prescott Strout's orchard. He 
was a master mariner. 

Thoma^ b. 1770; see below. 

Betty b. 5 May 1778; m. 14 Nov. 1799 Oliver Stoddard. 

Samuel Jr. b. 15 May 1780; see below. 

Sarah b. 22 April 1782. 

James b. 8 April 1784; moved "down East." 

William b. 7 June 1786; m. 25 Jan. 1813 Margaret Coffin. Lived in 
Lisbon. 

Mehitabel b. 24 April 1788; m. 25 Dec. 1805 David McFarland. 

John b. 7 June 1790. Lived in Boston. Sea-Capt. Soldier in War 
of 1812, and two years in Dartmouth prison. 

Lemuel b. 27 April 1792; m. 23 June 1811 Sally Merrill; d. in Bangor, 
1887. 

Thomas Nichols, born 1770, m. 20 Aug. 1794 Peggy Smith 
and lived in Durham near New Gloucester line. 

Margaret m. 3 Dec. 1818 Reuben Farr. 

Betsey m. 3 April 181 7 Samuel McGray. 

Thomas m. (Int. Rec. 3 Sept. 1828) Esther Fickett; d. 5 Nov. 1874- 
aged 71 yrs. His wife d. 23 May 1872, aged 67 yrs. 

Rebecca b. 12 July 1802; m. Abel S. Bowie. 

Mary Jane m. 1 Dec. 1831 George Lufkin. 

David m. 9 Feb. 1832 Margaret A. Doane. 

John m. 21 Sept. 1837 Rebecca M. Dunham. 

Enos. Unm. 

William, died young. 

Samuel Nichols Jr. married (Int. Rec. 24 Sept. 1803) Esther 
Coffin of Freeport. They lived a long time on lot 87. He died 
3 May 1861. His wife died 5 Aug. 1857, aged 76 yrs. 10 mos. 

Eliza b. 14 Sept. 1806; m. 26 June 1836 John Davis of Freeport. 

Herbert m. 1826 Mary Ann Wilson of Lisbon. 

Barnard b. 3 April 1810; m. Penelope Blaisdell of Yarmouth. 

Esther m. 21 Nov. 1833 John Fogg of Freeport. 

Barton m. Sarah Hackett of Lewiston. Moved to Iowa. 

Grace ra. Roland Sylvester. 

Aurelia m. Roland Sylvester. 

Ursula b. 11 May 1817; m. Roland Sylvester 2d. 

Louise m. Charles Green of Lisbon. 

Samuel, died at age of nineteen. 

Mary, died young. 



23O HISTORY OF DURHAM 

OSGOOD. 

William Osgood, born in England in 1609, was in Salisbury, 
Mass., as early as 1640. He died in 1700. The Osgoods of 
Durham were descended from him through William, Nathaniel 
and David. Two brothers. Nathaniel and Aaron came from 
Salisbury to Durham in 1779. Feb. 7 of that year they bought 
of Jonathan Baglcy 542 acres of land on the west side of the 
County Road near the Freeport line. They held these lands in 
common till 1797. 

Nathaniel Osgood was born in Salisbury, Mass., \2 Aug. 
1747. He married Sarah Bradbury. Their three sons were 
born in Deerfield, N. H. He died in Durham 10 Dec. 1838. 
He was a soldier in the Revolution. His descendant, John D. 
Osgood, has a gun taken by him at the surrender of Burgoyne. 

Benjamin b. 8 Feb. 1775. See below. 

David b. 25 July 1777. See below. 

Joseph b. 13 Aug. 1779. See p. 231. 

Benjamin Osgood, son pf Nathaniel, settled in Durham on 
lot 104. He married (1) 20 April 1797 Mary Weston of Free- 
port. She died 8 Sept. 1817. (2) 23 March 1828 Hannah Hill 
of No. Yarmouth. 

Nathaniel b. 22 Nov. 1797; d. young. 

Betsey b. 29 Sept. 1799; ra. 5 May 1820 William Harrington. 

Stephen b. 20 Dec. 1801 ; d. 27 Dec. 1871. Farmer in Wis. Unm. 

Benjamin b. 6 May 1804. Lived in Marion, Wis. 

Mary b. 13 Sept. 1806; m. 2j Nov. 1825 Benjamin Harrington of 
Durham. 

Joseph b. 14 Sept. 1809; m. 29 Nov. 1849 Jane Randall of Freeport. 
Lived in Durham. Ch. Laura E. b. 30 Aug. 1850, m. 9 June 1872 Win. 
IT. Merrill of Durham; Albro J. b. 31 March 1853; Sarah F. b. 29 June 
1855, m. Willard N. Temple. 

William B. b. 10 Oct. 1812; m. (1) 12 June 1841 Elizabeth Conant, 
who died 21 Jan. 1853; (2) 12 .March 1867 Maria H. McClce. 3 ch. He 
lived in Lewiston. 

Sarah b. 10 May 1815; m. 24 May 1840 Nathan Weston of Yarmouth. 

John H. b. 24 Nov. 1829. Res. Bloomfield, Cal. 

Lucy A. b. 29 Feb. 1832; m. Charles Brown. 

David Osgood, son of Nathaniel, m. (1) 29 July 1798 Lettice 
Hoyt, who died July 1810; (2) 25 Nov. 181 1 Elsie Duran, who 
died 26 Jan. 1833; (3) 1 Jan. 1836 Mrs. Deborah Bicknell of 
Freeport. He was a farmer of Durham. 

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GENEALOGICAL NOTES 23 I 

Daniel b. 1800; d. young. 

David b. 1802; d. young. 

Florilla b. 6 Dec. 1803; d. 17 Sept. 1867 in Durham. 

Anna b. 2 March 1805; m. 24 Dec. 1829 Nathaniel Stetson of Durham. 

David b. 27 Feb. 1807; m. 17 May 1832 Olive Nason of Minot. Lived 
in Turner. Died 9 May 1873. 8 ch. 

Bradbury b. 27 Nov. 1808; m. — Nov. 1832 Sabra Davis. Farmer 
in Durham. Died 3 Sept. 1834. One son Henry B. b. 10 July 1833, 
lives in Boston. 

Joseph b. and d. 1810. 
Children by second wife. 

Nathaniel b. 5 Oct. 1812; d. 30 Aug. 1817. 

Roselinda b. 27 Dec. 1814; d. 1 March 1846. Unm. 

Mary J. b. 17 May 1817; d. 29 Dec. 1841. Unm. 

John D. b. 8 June 1819; m. 30 May 1849 Sarah A. Richards. She died 
9 Sept. 1869. Farmer in Durham. Selectman for many years. 4 ch. 
Frederick W. b. 1849; d. 5 Sept. 1866; Isabel M. b. 19 Nov. 1853; d. 22 
May 1864; Frank A. b. 3 Oct. 1857; Sumner b. 8 May 1859. 

Lucy M. b. 19 Nov. 1822; d. 28 Nov. 1848. 

Rebecca L. b. 3 May 1827; d. 10 Aug. 1829. 

Joseph Osgood, son of Nathaniel and Sarah (Bradbury) 
Osgood, born 17 Aug. 1779, married 27 Nov. 1806 Loruhamah 
Gerrish. Lived in Durham and Litchfield. Died 17 April 1868. 

Sally b. 4 Sept. 1807; m. Daniel Libby of East Cambridge. 

Nathaniel b. 14 Aug. 1809: m. Elizabeth Kittson. Merchant of No. 
Bridge\£§t£f, Me. 

Elbridge b. 11 Dec. 181 1: m. Maria Cobb; d. 18 Sept. 1838 in 
Machias. His wife died 15 Nov. 1840. One child, Maria, b. 1839, d. 28 
Mch. 184364, 

Joseph b. 31 Aug. 1818: m. 27 Sept. 1848 Martha Usher of Hollis. He 
was a celebrated physician; d. s. p. at Hollis Feb. 1849. 

"Mr. Aaron Osgood, son to David Osgood, which was the 
son of William Osgood of Salisbury, and Judah Gill his wife is 
the daughter of Samuel Gill of Salisbury, born Feb. 5th 1754." 
So say Durham Records. Judith Gill was born 19 Jan. 1758 and 
died 5 Nov. 1843. They were married 5 May 1779. Besides the 
land on the County Road he bought 44 acres of Jonathan Bagley 
in 1780, marked on the Plan of the town. His name first appears 
in Durham among the training men of 1787. His family, it is 
said, moved to Durham 16 April 1786. He was one of the 
Selectmen 1790-94 and 1799-1800. He died 5 April 1823. Eight 
children, of whom the first five were born in Salisbury. 

Betty b. 10 April 1780; m. — Jan. 1822 Dea. Jabez Merrill of Dur- 
ham and d. s. p. 24 Aug. 1850. 



232 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

David b. 28 Jan. 1782; d. 25 April 1784. 

Samuel Gill b. Il March 1784. See below. 

David b. 2 Feb. 1786. See below. 

Aaron b. 13 Aug. 1788; d. 3 May 1818. 

Moses b. 11 Oct. 17111 ; d. in Durham. 3 Feb. 1879. Unm. 

Nathaniel b. 13 Feb. 1794. See p. 233. 

[saac b. 7 .March 1796. See p. 233. 

Samuel Gill Osgood married 20 Nov. 1807 Sarah Gerrish of 
Durham. He lived in Durham as a farmer and had eight chil- 
dren. 

Lydia b. 29 April 1812; m. 24 Jan. 1838 Charles C. Stetson of Durham. 

Orrin b. 22 Nov. 1813; m. 14 June 1838 Mary Richards. Lived in 
Durham. Ch. Sarah E. b. 10 May 1840; d. 2 Feb. 1858. Everett b. 20 
Aug. 1842; m. 1 Feb. 1866 Caroline S. Drinkwater, Lewiston. Carlton 
G. b. 10 Feb. 1848. 

Elizabeth b. 23 Feb. 1817; m. 2 April 1850 Jonas Davis of Poland 
and Durham. 

Israel N. b. 5 May 1820; d. 20 Sept. 1839. 

Sarah G. b. 28 Aug. 1822; m. 16 Oct. 1859 Judge John Smith of 
Lewiston. 

Oilman b. 14 Jan. 1825. Res. Abington, Mass. Shoe-manufacturer. 

Abby b. 27 Feb. 1827; d. 1 April 1862. Unm. 

Emma A. b. 24 Oct. 1829. 

David Osgood, son of Aaron, married (1) 2 Feb. 1812 Sarah 
Duran of Durham ; (2) 2 Feb. 1847 Hannah S. Small. Farmer 
of Durham. 

A. True b. 11 Oct. 1813; m. 6 April 1841 Caroline Randall, who died 
24 Dec. 1863. Farmer of Durham. Six ch. Judith A. b. 3 Dec. 1843; 
m. and d. soon after. Mary C. b. 24 June 1845; m. Orrin S. Vickery. 
Emery A. b. 10 Sept. 1849; d. unm. Ellen S. b. 28 Oct. 1852. David 
R. b. 27 Sept. i8j6; m. and 1. in Freeport. Edward T. b. 12 June 1859; 
m. and 1. in Freeport. 

Aaron b. 2^ March 1815; d. 27 April 1817. 

Judith A. b. 9 June 1817; d. 16 Feb. 1837. Unm. 

Aaron b. 23 June 1820; m. 14 Jan. 1848 Eunice S. Nevins of Lewis- 
ton. Died in Durham 25 Aug. 1853. Carriage maker and farmer, Dur- 
ham. Two ch. Eliza Etta b. 24 Jan. 1850; d. 27 Dec. 1853. Brainard 
A. b. 23 Jan. 1853; m. Latina Todd. Lived in Lewiston. Died 9 March 
1882. Two ch. 

Emery b. 27 June 1825; m. 12 May 1850 Martha A. Woodbury. Cab- 
inet-maker and farmer. Five ch. Residence, Gray. 

David B. b. 7 Jan. 1830; d. 8 Oct. 1850. 

William T. b. 2 March 1832; m. 21 Oct. 1855 Melissa J. Gerrish of 
Portland. Farmer, Durham. Ch. Evelyn M. b. 23 Nov. 1857. Harri- 
son G. b. 28 Dec. 1859. Sarah F. b. 26 June 1862 and Addie. 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES 233 

Nathaniel Osgood, son of Aaron, m. (1) 15 May 1831 Elsie 
Gerrish of Durham; (2) 14 Jan. 1858 Pamelia Landers of Town- 
send, Mass. Farmer and lumberman, Durham. 

Mary L. b. 22 Feb. 1834; d. 16 Oct. 1863. Unm. 

Edwin G. b. 18 Feb. 1836. He enlisted in N. Y., 1861, in 14th U. S. 
Regulars. Killed in battle 1 Oct. 1864. Was one of Gen. McClellan's 
body guard. 

Jeremiah b. 21 Nov. 1840. Served three years in 13th Maine Regt. 

Phebe A. b. 4 Feb. 1843. 

Isaac Osgood, son of Aaron, m. 31 Aug. 1823 Mary Duran 
She was born 9 Oct. 1795 and died 4 June 1861. They lived in 
Durham. 

Aaron b. 6 June 1824; m. 6 Dec. 1848 Harriet S. Richards. Farmer 
in Durham. Three children, George B. b. 6 Aug. 1850; Herbert J. b. 
16 May 1861; Sarah R. b. 24 May 1863. 

Isaac b. 9 March 1828; m. 7 June 1853 Eliza C. Scott. Was a mer- 
chant at North Auburn. Six ch. 

Moses b. 9 May 1832; m. 4 Oct. 1858 Adelaide W. Gerrish. Farmer 
of Durham. Two ch. Jennie P. b. 4 June i860; Willis E. b. 20 Dec. 
1862. 

PARKER. 

James Parker, b. at N. Yarmouth 16 April 1744, m. 4 April 
1774 Hannah Mitchell, b. in N. Yarmouth 15 Jan. 1752. They 
wen.- in Durham earlier than 1786. He died 15 Oct. 1803. 
There is no record of their family. 

John Parker, said to have been a Rev. soldier, came from 
Cape Elizabeth before 1775. Married 3 Jan. 1765 Sarah Marri- 
ner. A sister m. Ebenezer Woodbury. Parker's children were. 

Joseph b. 21 Nov. 1765; John b. 11 Oct. 1767; m. 21 Mch. 1799 Sally 
Vining (?); Sarah b. 29 Jan. 1770. m. (1) 1791 John Spades; (2) 10 Feb. 
1799 Wm. Pitt Oliver; Mercy b. 21 June 1772, unm.; Mary b. 18 May 
1/75, m. 28 Aug. 1794 John Robinson; Nathaniel b. 29 Sept. 1777; 
Ebenezer b. 14 May 1780; Peter b. 17 Nov. 1782, see below; 
Deborah b. 8 May 1782; unm. Burned to death in her house at a 
very old age. 

Peter Parker, b. 17 Nov. 1782. m. 26 Nov. 1812, Mercy, dau. 
of John Mcintosh and d. 7 July 1855. He was a farmer in the 
southern part of the town. His wife d. 21 June 1868. aged 74 
yrs. I mo. 8 davs. Their children were. 

Nathaniel m. 1831 Dorothy Plummer. d. 11 June 1854, aged 41 
years, 6 mos.; John d. 9 Feb. 1853, aged 25 yrs.; Wealthy d. 23 Sept. 



234 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

1854, aged 23 yrs. ; Anna m. George Pollard, d. 21 Jan. 1855, aged 22 
yrs. Her dau. Marcia m. Lyman Sawyer of Pownal; Eunice d. 23 Sept. 
1854, aged 32 yrs.; Mary C. b. 23 Mch. 1816. m. 10 Nov. 1842 Charles H. 
Knight; Alexander M.; see Biog. Sketch; Jacob S. m. 7 Feb. 1848 
Ruth. dau. of Nathaniel Parker. He lives in Deering. 

Nathaniel Parker married in Kittery, in 1769, Elizabeth 
who was bom there in 1745. He died at sea. She 



moved with her family from Gorham to Durham in 1802, where 
she died in 1858, lacking but few months of being 113 years of 
age. Of her daughters Rebekah m. Nathan Kimball of Buxton ; 
Tolly m. William Riggs of Portland ; Lydia m. Abner Wescott of 
Gorham; Sally m. Samuel Fickett ; Anne m. Thomas Larrabee 
of Durham ; Deborah m. Isaac Jenkins of York ; Hannah m. 
Benjamin Fickett : and Elizabeth m. William Larrabee of Dur- 
ham. Of her sons, Amos married (Int. Rec. 28 Jan. 1819) Char- 
lotte Wormell ; William married (Int. Rec. 8 Nov. 1816) Priscilla 
Wormell (both these settled in Guilford). Joseph lived in Cum- 
berland ; and Nathaniel lived in Durham. 

Nathaniel Parker married (1) 11 May 181 1 Ruth Stetson, 
who died 25 Sept. 1826; (2) 14 Feb. 1828 Abigail Stetson, sister 
to Ruth; (3) 9 Oct. 1845 Abigail Wright, widow of Dr. Abijah 
\\ right. She died 30 Sept. 1886, aged 91 yrs. 8 days. He lived 
on Parker Hill, lot 119. He was famous as a mover of build- 
ings. His own house was the first one he moved, from near 
Methodist Corner to Parker Hill. I can see him now standing 
in the window of a gable in his old age (when younger he stood 
on the ridge-pole) and hear him shouting, "a little harder on 
your oft" string." Fifty yoke of cattle were tugging away. He 
was a genial man, much respected and beloved. He died 111 
1875, aged 95 years. 

Washington b. 28 April 1812. See p. 235. 

Charles b. 30 May 1813; m. Lucy Libby. Lives at Pownal Corner. 

Elbridge b. 15 Sept. 1815. Unm. 

Nathaniel b. 18 April 1817; m. 23 Jan. 1843 Sally Weeks. Lived 
and died in Durham. 

Sewell b. 18 Sept. 1810. Unm. 

Seward twin to Sewell; d. 10 Feb. 1845. Unm. 

Rebecca b. 11 June 1821; m. 9 Nov. 1851 Joshua, son of Wm. Parker 
of Guilford. 

Rufus b. 27 Feb. 1824; m. 23 March 1851 Lucy Stetson. Lives in 
Durham. 

Edward b. 3 June 1825; d. 12 Sept. 1826. 




WASHINGTON PARKER. 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES 235 

Ruth b. 31 March 1829; m. Jacob, son of Peter Parker. 

Rouina Caroline b. 23 March 1831: m. 13 May 1850 Joshua Robin- 
son Jr. Lives on Orr*s Island. 

John b. 3 March 1833; m. 28 Feb. 1856 Emeline Roak. dau. of John 
Roak. Lived in Durham. 

Washington, son of Nathaniel Parker, born 28 April 1812, 
married, 22 Oct. 1836, Elizabeth Haskins, who was born in Cape 
Elizabeth 25 July 1819. He lived in Durham till old age. Now 
resides in Auburn. He served two years as Selectman and was 
Captain in the militia. He was a successful farmer and a good 
citizen, and still affectionately remembers his native town. 

Ruth Ellen b. 16 March 1838; m. 1 Jan. 1859 Azariah Libby of So. 
Auburn. 

Cordelia Frances b. 12 March 1840; in. Ivory Bowie. Lives in 
Auburn. 

Sarah Elizabeth b. 23 Oct. 1831; m. Sumner Merrill of Durham. 

Lendall C. b. 14 May 1844; m. 21 Nov. 1869 Hattie W. Merrill. See 
below. 

Seth Augustus b. 25 April 1846: m. Abbie, dau. of Wm. Proctor of 
So. Auburn. 

William H. b. 16 May 1848; m. Abbie North of Auburn; d. 17 May 
1887. 

Almira S. b. 17 May 1850: m. Wm. G. Bessie. 

Eben H. b. 19 May 1852; m. Sarah Wagg. 

Rose Emma b. 26 1854: m. Lewis W. Haskell of Auburn. 

Clarence M. b. 7 July 1856; m. Jennie Damon. 

Flora M. b. 1 Aug. 1858; m. Dr. Emery Bailey of Auburn. 

W. Irving b. 17 Aug. i860. Unm. Lives in Auburn. 

Children of Lendall C. and Hattie W. (Merrill) Parker. 

Delia M. b. 22 April 1871; Annie B. b. 12 Sept. 1877. 
Lizzie S. b. 13 Sept. 1879; Flora B. b. 4 Aug. 1883. 
Alice M. b. 4 Mch. 1885; Grover L. b. 6 July 1888. 
Clara E. b. 6 April 1891. 

PEARSON. 
Thomas Pearson of Amesbury was settled on the County 
Road when it was built in 1770. On Noyes's Plan ninety-five 
acres are doubtfully assigned to "Fenner." It is quite certain 
that this is a mistake of some early copyist, and that Thomas 
Pearson owned that lot and sold it about 1795 to Nathaniel Ger- 
rish and Enoch Bagley. He was not taxed after that date. He 
was supported, in old age. by the town, and was living in [825. 



236 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

Samuel Webb married, 23 March 1786, Louisa Pearson. 
Daniel Green married, 11 May 1786, Martha Pearson. Samuel 
Harris married, 30 Oct. 1796, Rachel "Parson." These are 
thought to have been of the family of Thomas Pearson. 

PIERCE. 

Thomas Pierce, Esq. was descended from Capt. Michael 
Pierce who came from England to America in 1645. He settled 
in Scituate, Mass., and was killed by Indians 26 March 1676. 
Thomas was son of Seth B. and Jemima (Turner) Pierce of 
Scituate. He was born 26 Aug. 1767; m. (1) 2 June 1793, Anna 
Beal, b. 4 Oct. 1771, d. 28 Feb. 1827; m. (2) 23 Jan. 1833 the 
widow of his brother John Pierce, nee Mercy Merritt of Scituate, 
b. 24 Jan. 1784, d. 4 April 1838. In his early years he was a 
sea-going man and made voyages to the West Indies as master 
mariner. He moved to Durham in 1800 and settled on lot 35, 
bought of Ezekiel Jones, the farm now owned by David Crockett. 
He was a surveyor and ran out many a line in Durham, Free- 
port, and Lisbon. Tradition says that he was sometimes shot 
at with salt and peas by discontented parties, while he was sur- 
veying. He was one of the Selectmen of Durham and for many 
years Justice of Peace. Twenty-seven mairiages were per- 
formed by him in Durham between 1818 and 1831. After the 
latter date he moved to Lisbon and died there 21 June 1850. 

Seth b. 3 June 1796; practiced medicine at Webster Corner. Justice 
of Peace; d. in Durham 5 May 1826. 

Lucy B. b. 30 June 1798; m. 5 Nov. 1820 Solomon Crossman; d. i_' 
April 1868. 

Emily b. 30 Dec. 1804; m. 28 Nov. 1824 James Booker; d. 21 Aug. 
1897. 

Anna B. b. 5 April 1807; m. 20 Dec. 1829 Joseph Moore, who was 
born in Newfield 3 Dec. 1803, and died in Lisbon 9 Sept. 1855. She d. 
25 April 1880. They had ch. Elvira, m. Julius M. Corbett of Lisbon, 
Eliza, Alonzo, George, Joseph E., Augustus, and Thomas A. The 
Hon. Joseph E. Moore of Thomaston graduated at Bowdoin College in 
1865, has been member of the House, is an Overseer of Bowdoin College 
and prominent as a lawyer and leader in the Democratic party. 

Ira b. 14 Aug. 1810; m. (1) Phebe Stevens; (2) Julia B. Townsend; d. 
at Kenosha, Wis., 8 Jan. 1869. 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES 237 

PINKHAM. 
Richard Pmkham was living; on Dover Neck, N. H.. before 
1642. His son John married Rose Otis. Their son, Ebenezer, 
married 27 Nov. 1736 Sarah Austin. A son of Ebenezer was 
Andrew Pinkham of Harpswell, born in Dover, N. H., 18 Aug. 
1746, m. 26 Sept. 1773 Rachel, dau. of Lemuel and Waite (Estes) 
Jones. She was born 2 Eeb. 1754. May 5, 1777 he bought lots 
7 and 8 of Joseph Woodworth of Harpswell, who had purchased 
them of Isaac Royall. As after the confiscation of Royall's prop- 
erty there might arise a question about the title, he took a deed 
from Daniel Humphrey, attorney for heirs of Royall, June 28, 
1796. He died 13 Dec. 1805. His wife died 13 May 1840. They 
had, besides one who died in infancy, nine children. 

Mercy b. 29 Nov. 1774. Unm. Blind many years. 

Phebe b. 21 Sept. 1776; m. Samuel Beal of Durham. 

Sarah b. 24 Sept. 1778; d. 24 July 1797. 

Nicholas b. 18 Feb. 1781; m. Alice Parker. Settled in Litchfield; 
d. 8 June 1847. 

Mary b. 24 April 1783; d. 9 June 1827. 

Esther b. 11 March 1785; m. 22 Feb. 1809 Adam Winn. Moved to 
Sidney. Me.; d. 16 July 1846. 

John b. 15 Mch. 1787; m. Hannah Will; blind, wandered into the 
woods and died 10 May 1865. 

Andrew b. 20 Jan. 1790; d. 29 Mch. 1821. 

Lemuel b. 7 June 1795; m. (1) Thankful Bailey "i Harpswell. They 
had four children, Andrew, Rachel, Alonzo and Marcial, all of whom 
died unm. He m. (2) Eunice Libby of Pownal and had one daughter 
Narcissa who is still living in Durham. He died to July 1865. 

PLUMMER. 

Francis Plummer, linen weaver, came from Woolwich, Eng., 
or from Wales, about 1633. He was in Newbury, Mass., in 1635. 
His wife Ruth died 18 Aug. 1647, leaving two sons Samuel and 
Joseph. It is thought that the Plummers of Durham are 
descended from Samuel.* Five descendants of Francis Plum- 
mer, bearing his name, have been members of Congress. Gov. 
William Plummer of New Hampshire was one of them. 

There is some confusion in tracing the lineage of Robert 
Plummer since another person of the same name, son of Daniel 

*The Rev. George M. Bodge of Leominster, Mass., is preparing a 
Genealogy of the descendants of Francis Plummer. and will be pleased 
to receive communications relating thereto. 



230 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

and Joanna Plummer, is recorded as born at Cape Elizabeth 3 
June 1762. He married, 26 Nov. 1788, Ruth Hatch and seems 
to have lived in Windham or Gorham. 

Samuel Plummer was taxed in Durham, 1798-1805, and a 
little later Joseph and Arthur Plummer. Luther and Daniel 
Plummer were taxed about 1810. Luther went West in 1817. 
Robert Plummer was born at Cape Elizabeth 1 Mch. 1761. 
He married 29 Aug. 1786 Zilpah Farr, who was born in Easton, 
Mass., 3 Nov. 1768. They settled in Royalsborough soon after 
marriage, not far from the Stone Mill. 

William b. 26 May 1787. Settled in Dover, Me. Had sons Loren 
and Horace. 

Lucy b. 17 Sept. 1789; m. John Merrill. Lived in Durham. 

John b. 25 June 1791; d. 11 Nov. 1802. 

Abigail b. 16 Feb. 1792; m. Wm. Blake and went to Ohio. 

Zilpah b. 21 Jan. 1794; m. John Robinson; moved to Guilford. 

Henry b. 18 Dec. 1796. See below. 

Moses b. 21 April 1798; d. 17 Dec. 1821. 

James b. 17 July 1801 ; m. Esther Paul of Hallowell; d. in Richmond. 
Sons, John R. and William. 

John b. 9 Oct. 1807; m. 30 -May iS.i.i Carolyie Day; d. 21 Oct. 18S7. 
Farmer in So. Durham. Ch. James m. Phoebe E. Richardson of Fair- 
in 1.1 .mil resides in Augusta; Maria m. Edmund H. Soper of Auburn; 
and John II,. who lives in Chicago. 

Dorothy m. Nathaniel Parker. 

Henry Plummer, born 18 Dec. 1796, was one of the most 
respected citizens of Durham. He bought tiie old Gerrish's 
mill about 1835 and operated the same as a saw and grist mil' 
for many years. He was a licensed preacher of the Free Baptist 
Church, and was the prime mover in the building of the brick 
church near his residence, paying more than half the cost of the 
same. He was characterized by gentleness and justice, generos- 
ity and piety. 

He married (1) 18 Feb. 1819 Wealthy, dau. of Silas and Mary 
(Sargent) Estes b. 22 May 1800, d. 15 Jan. 1830; (2) Martha 
Lancaster of Richmond, who died [9 Nov. 1894, aged 91 vrs. it 
mos. He died 18 Feb. 1876, aged 79 yrs. See portrait. 

Silas b. 6 Oct. 1821 ; m. 23 June 1850 Emily, dau. of Thomas Estes; 
d. 12 Mch. 1882. Ch. Alice and William E. 

Mary E. b. 24 Sept. 1823; d. 19 Oct. 1849. 

George b. 7 April 1826. See Biog. Sketch. 

Charlotte b. 2 Jan. 1828; m. Henry Hackett. 

EDWARD b. 4 Jan, 1830; see Biog. Sketch, 




HENRY PLUMMER. 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES 239 

Children by second marriage were. 

Wealthy b. 4 April 1832; m. her cousin, John R. Plummer; d. 16 
Jan. 1886. 

John W. b. 19 June 1833; ra. Harriet C. Wheeler of Bath; d. 12 
Dec. 1880. 

Joseph b. 7 Sept. 1834. See Biog. Sketch. 

Charles B. b. 3 Feb. 1836; m. Abbie Taylor. 

Susan b. 9 Sept. 1838; m. Webster Nevens. 

Margaret b. 10 Sept. 1839; m. Alexander Taylor of Falmouth. 

POLLISTER. 

William Pollister, an Englishman, married 15 April 1802 
Sally Brown in Scarborough, and settled in Durham near Rice's 
School House. He died 18 Sept. 1854, aged 79 yrs. 9 mos. u 
days. His wife died 18 Oct. [861, aged 78 yrs. 8 mos. 5 days. 
Their children were Sarah m. Benjamin Lemont of Danville, 
William, George, Joseph, John, Ann, Hannah, Sewall and Still- 
man. 

William Pollister Jr. m. 1830, Phebe Kilby of Freeport ; d. 
9 Dec. 1896, aged 91 yrs. 1 mo. His wife died JO Aug. 1882, 
aged 70 yrs. 7 mos. 

PROCTOR. 

In 1635 John Proctor and wife Martha came from London, 
Eng., to Ipswich, Mass., in the ship "Susan and Ellen." and a 
few years later settled in Salem. Mass. Their son John, born in 
Eng., married (2) Elizabeth Bassett, and both were condemned 
for witchcraft in the famous craze of 1692. He was executed 19 
Aug. 1692. She was released a little later. Samuel, their son, 
born in Danvers in 1680, came to Falmouth, Me., 1717-19, and 
married Sarah Brackett. He died 16 March 1765. His son 
Samuel 2d was born in Falmouth (Portland) 24 Nov. 1719 and 
married Eliza Johnson in 1745. Their son Samuel 3d was bap- 
tized in 1749 and married, 6 May 1784, Joanna Berry. He is 
mentioned in John Cushing's Diary as killed by the falling of a 
tree 29 Nov. 1795. The accident occurred in Lewiston on the 
site of the Continental Mill, and he was buried near by. He was 
a Revolutionary soldier. His widow married William Thomp- 
son, another Revolutionary soldier from Falmouth, and was liv- 
ing in Wayne in 1833. 

Thomas Proctor, brother of Samuel 3d, was born in Falmouth 
21 June 1766 and was baptized at the First Parish Church 14 



24O HISTORY OF DURHAM 

Sept. of the same year. He married (Portland Records say 13 
Nov. 1792) Deborah Jordan, who was born 13 Sept. 1761. They 
settled on the River Road in So. Auburn on the farm now owned 
by Augustus Parker. The following children are recorded in 
Durham : 

Elijah b. 6 Sept. 1793; Tabitha b. 24 Aug. 1795; Abigail b. 13 June 
1797; William b. I Jan. 1799; m. 1 Jan. 1844 Abigail Fickett of Durham; 
their only child, Abbie, m. Augustus Parker; Joseph b. 30 Sept. 1801; 
Thomas Jr. b. 1 July 1804. 

George Proctor, said to have been a brother to Samuel 3d 
and Thomas, Senior, was born in 1778. He married, 27 Nov. 
1806, in Westbrook, Dorcas Sawyer of New Gloucester and died 
in Lisbon 8 Dec. 1868. His wife died 26 Sept. 1849, aged 59 yrs. 
6 mos. They had ten children, of whom Henry lived on the 
homestead in Lisbon and was well known in Durham. George 
Proctor is found among the soldiers accredited to Durham in 
1814. 

RANDALL. 

Stephen Randall and wife Mary were members of First Parish 
Church in old Falmouth in 1727. Stephen Randall Jr. married. 
in Cape Elizabeth, 20 Oct. 1774, Lydia Roberts. He settled the 
same year, on lot 126. in Royalsborough. The Randalls were 
once numerous in Durham. Many went West in 1815-17. Some 
descendants still live in Pownal. Stephen's family were 
recorded as follows : 

Joseph b. 9 Mch. 1775: Deborah b. 12 Feb. 1777; Stephen b. 7 
June 1779; Nathaniel b. 12 May 1781; Chinicum b. 12 Oct. 1784; Han- 
nah b. 22 Dec. 1789. 

John Randall, brother of Stephen Jr. was born at Cape Eliz- 
abeth 16 July 1747, married, 22 Nov. 1769, Anna Roberts, who 
was born 9 Mch. 1741). He was one of the first settlers in Roy- 
alsborough, on lot 126. His house stood near where James 
Hascall now lives, and he and his wife were buried on that farm. 
Here he kept a store. The road from South West Bend came 
over the hill near his house. Near by was the School House 
and Church. This was the original "Methodist Corner," which 
was shifted eastward by a change in the road. John Randall's 
family were thus registered : 

Jacob b. 24 Oct. 1770, settled in Pownal; Anna b. 19 Dec. 1772, m. 
Simeon Sanborn; Molly b. 18 April 1775. 

Sarah b. 6 Jan. 1777, married Richard Doane; Benjamin b. 12 
April 1781. 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES 24 I 

Margaret b. 1 Mch. 1783; John Jr. b. 13 Mch. 1785. 
Isaac b. 18 April 1787; m. (Int. Rec. 20 Feb. 1809) Mary Haskell of 
Poland. 

Hannah b. 9 Mch. 1789, d. 24 June 1790; Ebenezer b. 27 Nov. 1791. 
Samuel b. 5 Jan. 1794, moved to N. Y. State. 

RICE. 

Lemuel Rice and Anna Stone were married in Scarborough. 
3 April 1777. He was a Revolutionary soldier. 

George and Lemuel Rice, brothers, their sons, settled about 
1800 in the Northwestern part of the town. George was born 21 
Sept. 1780; m. (1) Hannah Hanscom, who died 20 Oct. 1826, 
aged 38 yrs. ; (2) 27 April 1827 Dorcas, dau. of Thomas Larra- 
bee. He died 6 Sept, 1859. By first marriage the children were 
John, who became a minister of the M. E. Church, Mary, and 
Hannah, who married 30 April 1840 Joseph Tompson. By sec- 
ond marriage there were Phebe Ann, who married 10 Feb. 1857 
Benjamin Lemont, and Matilda, who married — Sawyer. 

Lemuel Rice died 18 Mch. 1870, aged 80. He m. (1) Cath- 
erine, dau. of John and Dorcas Noyes, who d. 12 March 1836, 
aged 38 yrs. 8 mos. ; (2) Mary J. — — , who died 1 Mch. 1883. 
aged 72 yrs. 2 mos. 

RI( HARDS. 
Humphrey Richards came from London and settled in Bos- 
ton in 1603. Humphrey Richards 3d married Sarah Delano, set- 
tled in Cape Elizabeth, and had five children, of whom John, the 
youngest, born 14 Aug. 1767. married 7 Nov. 1790 Abigail Dyer 
and moved to Pejepscot (Danville), thence to Durham in 1795, 
where he lived to be over one hundred years old. He died in 
1868. His wife died 22 Feb. iStf. 

Barzillai b. 9 Aug. 1794: ni. 24 Aug. 1817 Sarah Osgood. Ch. Mary. 
David O., Sarah A., who married John D. Osgood, and George H. 

John b. 23 May 1796; m. April 1821 Mary Thomas; (2) her sister, the 
widow of Joel Jones. Lived in Phillips. 

Hannah m. 3 Mch. 1822 O. Israel Dyer. 

Sally. 

Mary. Unm. Died in Old Ladies' Home of Portland. 

Nathaniel. 

Moses. Twice married. Died in Pownal. 

Ira B. b. 6 April 1808; m. Sally Gerrish; d. 10 Dec. 1893. Wife died 
7 June 1888, aged 75 yrs. 5 mos. 13 days. 



242 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

RING. 
Batchelder Ring was living on lot 1 in 1771, just over the 
Brunswick line. He was last taxed in 1807. The following 
children are recorded : 

David b. 10 April 1773; m. 20 Sept. 1801 Mary Pierce, who was born 
in N. Yarmouth 5 Nov. 1777. 

Susannah b. 3 Mch. 1775; Sarah b. 19 Sept. 1777. 

Thomas b. 18 June 1780; Nathaniel b. 28 Sept. 1782. 

Kezia b. 9 Feb. 1786; in. 29 Nov. 1802 Peter Mitchell. 

Comfort b. 20 Aug. 1789; m. 13 Mch. 1808 O. Israel B. Fifield. 

ROURK OR ROAK. 

Martin Rourk was born in Ireland in 1760. He came to 
America about 1773 and spent two years in his uncle's store in 
St. Johns. In 1775 he came to Boston. His vessel sailed away 
in the night and left him on shore. He served as a Clerk in the 
Revolutionary Army, in a company commanded by Capt. Law- 
rence of North Yarmouth. He married the Captain's sister Mrs. 
Elizabeth (Lawrence) Fogg, widow of Daniel Fogg whom she 
married in 1779. He came to Durham about 1784 and bought, 
1796, of Thomas Mitchell, twenty acres of lot 70. His house 
stood mar where the road from the North Meeting House joins 
Ihe "Hallowell Road." He served as town clerk 1790-1807. 
The Town Records show hills of $5 for such annual services. 
His handwriting is remarkably clear and distinct. The ink made 
by himself is scarcely faded. He was for years the foremost 
school-teacher of Durham. He died, 1 June 1807, leaving his 
family in poor circumstances. His wife, born 26 Sept. 1758. 
lived till 27 Nov. 1852. 

Jane b. 26 Oct. 1785; m. 11 June 1807 Richard Wiswell oi Portland. 

John b. 5 Sept. 1788; m. 22 Nov. 1821 Joanna Larrabee of Durham, 

Hannah b. 25 Feb. 1791; 111. 26 April 1812 John Fifield; moved to 
Greenwood. 

William b. 23 May 1793; m. 15 Aug. 1819 Mercy Davis of Durham. 

David b. 20 Sept. 1795: farmer in Durham. Unm. d. 22 Oct. 1861. 

Samuel b. 11 Feb. 1798; died at Exeter, Me., Oct. 1841. 

Silence b. 22 Sept. 1800; died 10 April 1816. 

Cyrus b. 23 Marcli 1803; lost at sea 1823. 

Jacob H. 1>. 22 March 1806. See Biog. Sketch. 

The spelling of the surname was changed to Roak by act oi 
Mass. Legislature before 1820. John Roak married Joanna Lar- 
rabee who was born j, Nov. 171.18. lie lived on a farm nearly 




ALGERNON M. ROAK. 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES 243 

opposite where Win. D. Roak now lives, about lot 120. His 
family were. 

Cyrus S. b. 25 Nov. 1822; d. May 1844. 

Alice S. b. 3 June 1824; d. May 1844. 

Mary E. b. 13 Jan. 1826; m. 26 Nov. 1862 James H. Eveleth. 

Martha A. b. 2 Nov. 1827; m. 9 Mch. 1852 Stillman Larrabee. 

Emeline L. b. 25 Jan. 1831 ; m. 28 Feb. 1856 John S. Parker. 

Hannah F. b. 5 April 1832; d. 13 Nov. 1863. 

Angelia M. b. 24 Jan. 1839; m. 30 Aug. 1862 Elisha S. Newell. 

Wm. Roak, who married Mercy Davis, died 23 July 1876. 
He lived on the farm now occupied by his son, William D. Roak. 
His family were as follows: 

William D. b. 4 Dec. 1820. See Biog. Sketch. 

Eliza A. b. 29 Oct. 1823; d. 26 March 1851. 

Harriet E. b. 9 June 1826; m. 9 Dec. 1857 Geo. Washington Strout 
of Durham. 

Emily J. b. 15 Nov. 1833; d. 8 Jan. 1853. 

Lucretia M. b. 31 March 1836; m. (1) Wm. Robinson, (2) Wm. 
Davis. Lives in Portland. 

Emilus W. b. 4 Sept. 1829; d. s. p. 28 Apr. i860; m. Isabel Gilpatrick. 
She d. 17 Aug. 1865. 

Isaac M. b. 15 Jan. 1838; d. 26 Feb. 1838. 

William D. Roak married, 4 June [843 Ann S. Wagg, daugh- 
ter of William and Elizabeth (Miller) Wagg, who was born 28 
Aug. 1820. Five children. 

Cyrus A. b. 16 June 1844; m. Sarah Ealley of Epping, N. H. Resides 
in Cochituate, Mass. 

Algernon M. b. 26 Dec. 1846; m. Jennie S. Hutchings of Winthrop. 
Me. He is a well known undertaker in Auburn. 

Millbury F. b. 26 May 1849; m. Julia Sanders of Ossipee, N. H. He 
is a provision merchant in Boston of the firm of Tucker and Roak. 

Emily E. b. 11 June 1854. 

Rosa Bell b. 13 Oct. 1861. Teacher in Durham. 

ROBERTS. 
John Roberts of Gloucester, Mass., may have been son of 
Robert Roberts of Ipswich, who had a sun John born 1646. 
John of Gloucester married, 4 Feb. 1677, Hannah, dau. of 
Thomas Bray, and died 10 Jan. 1714. Of their seven children 
Ebenezer was born in 1690. His wife's name was Sarah. They 
had three children born before 1721. They moved to Falmouth, 
Me., before 1727. They had sons Ebenezer Jr.. William, born 
18 Mch. 1725 and Vinson, born 8 June 1727. Of these Eben- 



244 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

ezer Jr. married, in 173", Mary Kinnicum of Gloucester. Mass., 
and was one of the first settlers in Royalsborough, on lot 30, 
where he died in 1805. The birth of his son William is recorded 
in Cape Elizabeth, 15 Mch. 1739. It is probable that Ebenezer's 
daughters, Anna and Lydia, married John and Stephen Randall. 
The following marriages we are unable to classify. Some of 
them were probably of this family. 

Hannah m. 26 Oct. 1789 Joseph Paul. 
Moses m. 18 Jan. 1798 Susannah Harmon. 
Ebenezer Jr. m. 1801 Lydia Merrill of Lewiston. 
Susannah m. 14 Nov. 1807 Joseph B. Allen. 

William Roberts, son of Ebenezer, married. 16 Oct. 1777, 
Susannah Randall and bought lot 147 of Isaac Randall, 6 Feb. 
1787. Isaac Randall received this in the will of Col. Jonathan 
Bagley. It is probable that William Roberts had lived there 
some years before taking the deed. He died in 1804 and his 
widow and children moved to Genesee Co., N. Y., before 1815. 
The children were. 

Catherine b. 10 Nov. 1778; m. 10 Oct. 1797 Thomas Wharff. 
Mercy b. 7 Aug. 1780; d. young. 

Si sanna b. 15 Jan. 1782; ra. 26 Nov. 1801 James Gerrish. 
Sally b. ji Mch. 1784: m. June 20 1800 Kinnecum Roberts of Dur 
ham. 

William b. 29 Dec. 1787. 

Mary b. 20 Feb. 1791; ra. Robert Jones. 

Hannah Chapman b. 20 May 1793; m. Eldrick Smith. 

Benjamin b. 21 Feb. 1795. 

Michael b. 24 June 1797. 

Catherine b. 12 Dec. 1799. 

Benjamin Roberts came from Cape Elizabeth and settled near 
the house where David Crockett Jr. now lives, on lot 32. He 
was burned with his house in 1805. His son, Benjamin Jr., 
was born at Cape Elizabeth 24 Oct. 1769 ; m. 11 Aug. 179; Sarah 
Paul, who was born in Berwick 28 June 1769. He died in Dur- 
ham 18 Sept. 1849. 

Elizabeth b. 26 April [793. 

Sarah b. 9 Mch. 1795. Unm. 

Abigail b. 14 July 1797. 

Benjamin b. 14 July 1799; d. 29 April 1805. 

Hiram b. 16 Mch. 1804. Unm. 

Patience b. 4 May 1805. 

Nahum d. young. 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES 245 

Benjamin P. b. 1 June 1807; m. 1831 Lucy Tyler of Pownal; d. 11 June 
1S88. Wife died 4 May 1896, aged 84 yrs. 9 mos. Ch. Nahum, John T.. 
Harriet, Sarah, Wm. Henry, Lucy E., Frank. .Mary, and Benjamin F. 
The last d. in a Hospital in Virginia 9 July 1865, aged 18 yrs. 8 mos. 17 
days. He was a member of Co. C 32d Me. Regt. 

Vincent (or Vinson) Roberts of Cape Elizabeth married 
Susanna York in 1772. She was sister to Samuel and Joseph 
York. He was one of the earliest settlers of Durham on lot 32. 
He afterward moved to near Chandler's mill. No record of his 
birth or death has been found. 

Joanna b. 1 Oct. 1773; m. (1) 12 Jan. 1792 Ezekiel Turner; (2) 
Samuel Sawyer; d. 27 Mch. 1858. See portrait. 

Samuel York b. 3 May 1776; m. 1799 Betsey Plummer. 

James b. 10 Dec. 1779; m. 1802 Sally Turner of Freeport. 

Thomas m. 4 Dec. 1806 Submit York. Their children were Samuel 
b. 13 Feb. 1810; Rebecca b. 11 May 1816; True Glidden b. 2 Feb. 1819; 
Susannah b. 18 May 1822. He married (2) 4 Dec. 1828 Rebecca Skilling 
of Cape Elizabeth. 

Ebenezer m. 1809 Sally Plummer. 

Susannah m. 16 Oct. 181 1 Robert Hunnewell. 

Daniel b. 16 July 1790. See p. 66. 

Reuben m. 181 7 Sally Goodwin. 

Hannah (?) m. 12 Mch. 1798 Jacob Sawyer. 

Sally. 

Lemuel. 

ROBINSON. 
The emigrant ancestor of the Robinsons of Durham was John, 
1640, who was killed by the Indians at Exeter, N. H., 21 Oct. 
1675. The descent from him is through Stephen, John and John 
Jr. The latter married at Kittery, 10 Dec. 1722 Sarah Jordan, 
granddaughter of Rev. Robert Jordan. They settled at Pond 
Cove, Cape Elizabeth. Their son Joshua married 16 Nov. 1764, 
Sarah Miller. Samuel was the oldest of their ten children, b. in 
Cape Elizabeth 1 April 1766. He married 4 Dec. 1788, Cath- 
erine Clark. They moved to Durham about 1794 and settled on 
lot 94. He died 25 Sept. 1842 ; his wife died 8 Sept. 1830. Their 
children were. 

Samuel b. 1789; m. Phebe Wagg; killed by an accident 15 Oct. 1819. 
Four daughters. 

Apollos b. Oct. 1790; d. 8 March 1852. 

Joshua b. June 1792: Eleanor Dyer. Died 10 April 1877. She 
died 25 Sept. 1843, aged 56 yrs. Ch. Joshua, Frances. Martha. William, 
Samuel, and Augustus. 



246 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

Sarah b. 22 June 1794: m. 1 Jan. 1818 Samuel Staekpole; d. 8 Feb. 
1836. 

Eunice b. 28 Feb. 1796: m. 19 Nov. 1822 James Thomas of Sabattus; d. 
22 Sept. 1876. Sylvanus D. Thomas of Lewiston is their son. 

James b. 1 Jan. 1798. See below. 

Jane b. 24 Nov. 1799; m. 20 Aug. 1820 Edmund Dow; d. 15 Dec. 1855. 

Catherine b. Oct. 1802; m. Joshua Mitchell; d. 8 Sept. 1830? 

Hannah b. 3 Feb. 1804; m. 2 Dec. 1830 Rev. John Miller: d. 8 Sept. 
t88i. 

Mary b. 17 April 1806; m. 1833 Abner Waterhouse; d. 7 May 1868. 

William b. 4 Jan. 1809; m. 1834 Huldah Dyer; d. 30 Oct. 1878. 

Charles b. 25 Dec. 1811; m. 3 Sept. 1838 Pamelia M. Bowie. 

James Robinson m. 3 Dec. 1822, Susan, dan. of Capt. Charles 
Barbour of Gray. She was born 22 March 1803 and died in Dur- 
ham 26 Dec. 1876. He lived on the homestead as a farmer and 
died 29 July 1873. 

William B. b. 28 July 1S23; d. 18 Mch. 1849. 

Betsey B. b. 8 Oct. 1825; d. 29 June 1826. 

Charles B. b. 25 April 1827; m Frances Robinson; d. 3 Mch. 1865. 

Mary L. b. 26 June 1829; d. 8 Mch. 1844. 

Catharine C. b. 30 Mch. 1831; m. Walker. 

Clarissa A. b. 8 Nov. 1833; m. James Adams of Portland. 

James E. b. 3 July 1837; d. 14 July 1858. 

Susan E. b. 3 July 1837. 

Lewis C. b. 8 Aug. 1839; d. 22 Oct. 1840. 

Lewis C. b. 2 June 1844; m. Rachel Bowie. Machinist. Resides in 
Piltsfield, N. H. One son. Cyrus, m. Mabel Avery of Lisbon and lives 
in Exeter, N. H. 

Mary b. 2 June 1844: d. 1 April 1845. 

SANBORN. 
Simeon Sanborn, son of Tristram and Abigail (Blake) San- 
born, was born in Kingston, N. H., 2 Feb. 1752. He was fifth 
in descent from Lt. John Sanborne of Hampton, X. H. His 
first wife was a sister to Capt. Joshua Snow, near whom he lived. 
His intentions of marriage with Anna Randall were recorded 
27 April 1705. He was a soldier in the War of 1812 and died 
therein. His widow was living in 1825. A son Peter, born in 
No. Salisbury 5 April 1779, married 18 Jan. 1803 Hannah Gerrish 
and moved to Litchfield. A daughter Susanna was born in Roy- 
alsborough 1 July 1781. Another daughter, Molly, born 18 
Oct. 1783, married 24 Nov. 1803 Jeremiah Staples of Topsham. 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES 247 

SAWYER 

William Sawyer came to New England in 1640. It was 
probably his son James who married Sarah Bray in Gloucester, 
Mass., and had a son Jacob, born 1687, who married in 1710 
Sarah Wallis and moved to Falmouth, Me. A brother John 
married Rebecca Stanford and came also to Falmouth in 17T9 ■ 
also a brother Isaac, and a Job Sawyer, whose connection is 
unknown. All the Sawyers of Cape Elizabeth and Durham are 
descended, doubtless, from the source mentioned. 

Jacob Sawyer was born in Cape Elizabeth. Soldier of the 
Revolution. Moved to Durham about 1795. Jacob Sawyer 
married in Cape Elizabeth 18 April 1782 Sarah Hatch, who 
died in Durham 14 Mch. 1797, aged 42 yrs. They had a son 
Joseph who m. 9 April 1797 Elizabeth Johnson and had at least 
four children, viz., Sarah, b. 28 April 1793; Amasa b. 10 Dec. 
1799; William b. 4 July 1801 and d. 21 Dec. 1803; and Joseph 
Jr. b. 2 Jan. 1803. Jacob Sawyer m. (2) 12 Mch. 1798 Hannah 
Roberts, who died 12 Feb. 1799, aged 39 yrs. They had a 
daughter Mary b. 25 Jan. 171,19. He m. (3) 2 Dec. 1801 Esther. 
dau. of Dea. James Hibbard. She died 28 Dec. 1861, aged 83 
yrs. He died 10 Dec. 1832, aged 74 yrs. By third marriage 
were the following children : 

Jacob b. 21 Oct. 1802; d. 15 Jan. 1804. 
Olive m. 1830, Lemuel Turner. 

Mercy m. 25 Oct. 1833 Nathaniel Mirch of Westbrook. 
Merrick d. in Thomaston 4 Jan. 1894. Dealer in granite. 
James, a preacher. See p. 71. 

David Blethen b. Dec. 181Q: m. Charlotte, dau. of Joshua Gerrish 
of Lisbon. M. D. at Brunswick 1842. Practiced medicine at Mechanic 
Falls, So. Paris and Levviston. 
Esther. 

SCOTT. 

Capt. John Scott came to Durham in 1791 from Portland, 
where he married 1 April 1782 Mary, dau. of John and Abigail 
(Stickney) Burnham. He was a sea-captain. Died in Durham 3 
April 1803. His wife was born in Portland 29 Dec. 1762. 9 ch. 

Polly b. 19 Dec. 1783; m. 28 Aug. 1802 Davis Randall of Freeport 
and died 10 June 1839. 

Andrew b. 9 Aug. 1785; m. 30 Jan. 1812 Priscilla Woodbury. 

Barbara b. 12 Nov. 1787; m. 25 Mch. 1807 Joseph M. Gerrish: d. 12 
Oct. 1841. 



248 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

Abigail b. 21 Feb. 1890; m. 13 Jan. 1813 Jacob Herrick, Jr. 

Eleanor b. 3 May 1792: m. Isaac Bishop and died six months after 
marriage. 

Thomas Stickney b. 6 Oct. 1794; unm. Accidentally killed on a ves- 
sel in Portland harbor. 

John Burnham b. 6 Oct. 1796; m. (1) Maria Seward; (2) Catherine 
Cross in Portland. 

Jacob Burnham b. 29 May 1799; m. (1) Mary Ann Brown; (2) Mary 
E. Tibbetts; d. in Durham. 

Josiah Burnham b. 10 Oct. 1801; d. in Portland 7 Sept. 1863. Unm. 

-SKINNER. 
John Skinner of Cape Elizabeth, a Rev. soldier and pensioner. 
came to Durham about 1790 and settled on lot 87, which he 
bought of Willis Hall of Medford for sixty pounds. Hall 
received this lot by will of Isaac Royall. Skinner sold 74 acres 
of this, 24 March 1808, to Samuel Nichols Jr., for $1120. He 
died 16 March 1844. He married 1 June 1775 Catherine Jordan 
of Cape Elizabeth. His wife died 19 Jan. 1832. This family 
moved to Lewiston. Their children were : 

John Jr. b. at Cape Elizabeth 28 Mch. 1777. 

Andrew b. 10 Jan. 1781; m. 21 Aug. 1806 Wealthy Green; d. 26 Feb. 
1857. A son Jordan b. 18 May 1808, d. 29 Dec. 1863. 

Sarah b. 18 Aug. 1782; m. 1808, Job Mitchell of Raymond. 

Peter b. 17 Jan. 1784. 

David b. 10 Nov. 1786. 

Joseph b. 11 Oct. 1789. 

Samuel b. in Durham 18 Dec. 1791; m. 18 Mch. 1819 Eleanor Jordan; 
d. 1876. 

Freeman b. 2 Oct. 1794; m. 15 Jan. 1S24 Joanna Robinson of Durham: 
d. 29 Dec. 1838. 

Joanna b. 27 Dec. 1797; d. 21 Feb. 1840. 

SNOW. 
Capt. Joshua Snow, of Scotch descent, was born in Salisbury, 
Mass., in 1760. He entered the Revolutionary Army at the age 
of seventeen and served through the war. Was first sergeant 
at the time of his discharge. Was wounded, wintered at Valle) 
Forge. He came to Royalsborough about 1782. Married (1) 
13 Jan. 1785 Molly Roberts of Durham; (2) 29 July 1800 Sarah 
Snow of Harpswell. Six children by first marriage, two by sec- 
ond. Lived about a mile from the Friends Meeting House, on 
the road to Brunswick. The old homestead is now- occupied by 



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his grandson Actor Snow. He died in Bowdoin, Me., in 1839. 
Two sisters were the wives of Simeon Sanborn and O. Israel 
Bagley. 

Joshua m. (Int. Rec. 3 Sept. 1808) Lucretia Mclntire of New Glouces- 
ter. He settled in New Gloucester and died there about 1843. 

Ebenezer m. 23 Oct. 1815 Makeda Mclntire. Died in New Glouces- 
ter at age of 37 yrs. 

Sarah m. 2 Oct. 1803 Jonathan Ham of Wales. They moved to 
Ohio in 1817. 

Anna, died young. 

Simeon b. 11 April 1792; m. Sally Wilson of Durham. Lived and 
died on the homestead. Four ch. Actor b. 4 June 1831; Thankful; 
Rachel Ann; and Apphia Wilson. 

Moses b. 1794; m. 4 Dec. 1817 Deborah Bishop of Harpswell. Died 
in Bowdoin in 1884. His wife died in 1874, aged 80 yrs. 

Mary m. 25 Mch. 1828 Ebenezer Newell 3d. 

Hannah m. 8 Mch. 1827 Tappan Prescott. 

STACKPOLE. 

On the southern coast of Wales, about six miles from Pem- 
broke, there rises a columnar mass of limestone, called Tuv. 
Stack Rock. It is at the mouth of an inlet or pool, which 
is named from the Rock the Stack-pool. A Norman, said to 
have been knighted by William the Conqueror, built his castle 
on this inlet and was called Richard de Stackpol, since p6l in 
old English meant a pool of water. The castle has been remod- 
eled more than once, yet the foundations remain the same, and 
it has for about eight centuries borne the name of Stackpole 
Court. It is at present the seat of the Earl of Cawdor. The 
Stackpole coat of arms, as old as 1250, is a red rampant lion, 
having a gold collar, on a silver shield. The lineage of the Pem- 
brokeshire Stackpoles for two or three centuries is on record at 
the College of Heraldry in London. It declares that Sir Robert 
Stackpole went with Strongbow to the conquest of Ireland in 
1 168. His descendants became numerous in Dublin, Cork and 
Limerick, holding many official positions. Twenty mayors. 
Aldermen and Recorders by the name of Stackpole are found in 
the records of Limerick from 1450 to 1650. 

James Stacpole (for the name was till within a century spelled 
without a k) was born in 1652 and was probably a son of Philip 
Stacpole of Limerick, Ireland. He was living in Dover, N. H., 



25O HISTORY OF DURHAM 

(now Rollinsford) in 1680, and had married Margaret, dau. of 
James and Margaret Warren, ancestors of all the Warrens of 
Durham. He died in 1736, and of his six children Philip 

received the homestead. He married Mercy and died in 

1761. They had seven children, of whom James married Eliz- 
abeth Pierce and had six sons and two daughters. Of these John 
Stackpole was born in Somersworth (now Rollinsford) 4 Aug. 
1749. He was a tailor by trade. He married 4 July 1775, Eliz- 
abeth, dau. of David and Mary Dunning of Brunswick and set- 
tled in Harpswell at High Head. In 1792 he removed with his 
family to Durham and settled on lot 91. He died 26 June 1829. 
His wife was born 9 Sept. 1751 and died 29 Feb. 1836. Nine 
children. 

John Dunning b. 20 May 1776. See below. 

Hannah b. 27 Oct. 1778; m. Capt. William Webster; d. 29 June 1851. 
Ten children. 

David Dunning b. 11 June 1781. See below. 

Mary b. 7 June 1783; m. 25 D-ec. 1806 Capt. Joseph Webster of Gray; 
d. 19 Sept. 1871. Mr. Webster was born 26 Sept. 1776 and died 26 Feb. 
1843. Nine children. 

Lydia b. 30 June 1785; m. 26 Nov. 1808 David Thompson, then of So. 
Lewiston, afterward of Greene. She died 17 July 1870. Mr. Thomp- 
son was born 14 Sept. 1786 and died 30 Dec. 1874. Nine children. 

Jane Dunning b. 27 Dec. 1788; d. 10 April 1851. Unm. 

James Dunning b. 15 Mch. 1790; d. Aug. 1810 at Salem, Mass. Unm. 

Samuel Owen b. 19 Dec. 1794. See p. 251. 

Henry Ricker b. 9 Feb. 1797; d. Oct. 1819 at City Point, Va. Unm. 

John Dunning Stackpole, born 20 May 1776, married 26 Mch. 
1797 Betty, dau. of Stephen and Desire (Turner) Weston. Ile- 
was a farmer in Durham, Lisbon and Gardiner. Died in < Gardi- 
ner 15 Oct. 1850. His wife, born 6 Sept. 1777. died i<) May 1S54. 
Their six children were all born in Durham. 

Deborah b. ,ii July 1798; m. Wm. Smith of Lisbon. 

Aaron b. 13 Jan. 1801; m. 21 Feb. 1828 Mary B. Hinkley of Lisbon. 
Farmer and merchant. Died in Gardiner 22 June 1885. Nine children. 

Eliza b. 1 Feb. 1S04; m. 15 Aug. 1824 Joel Chandler of Freeport. 

Mary b. 8 June 1807; m. (1) Wm. Kempton; (2) Capt. Charles J. Fogg 
01 San Francisco. She died in Los Angeles, Cal. Jan. 1898, aged 90 yrs. 
7 mos. 

Judith b. 1810; m. (1) Charles Wilson of Gardiner; (2) Mr. Ricker. 

Harriet b. 29 April 1814; m. Seth Kempton; d. s. p. 28 April 1857. 

David Dunning Stackpole, born 1 1 June 1781, married 4 Jan. 




DAVID DUNNING STACKPOLE. 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES 25 1 

1807, Judith, dau. of Walter and Deborah (dishing) Hatch of 
Hingham, Mass. He studied navigation in Portland and becam< 
a wealthy sea-captain. Most of his life was spent in Portland 
and on the sea. He was generous and much beloved, a man of 
thought and activity. He was one of a few attendants at the Sec- 
ond Parish Church in Portland who helped through college lads 
who afterward became well known as Prof. Calvin Stowe and 
Pres. Cyrus Hamlin. He moved to S. W. Bend in old age and 
died there 20 May 1856. His wife, born 20 Mch. 1788, died in 
Lisbon 17 Jan. 1879. Their eleven children were horn in Port- 
land. 

William Henry b. 2 Oct. 1807; m. 20 Aug. 1829 Susan M. Bond of 
N. Y. He died at sea, leaving two daughters. 

Charles Augustus b. 13 Sept. 1809; m. 4 Aug. 1835 Mary Smith Mer- 
rill of Portland. He became prominent as an advocate of total abstinence 
and of the abolition of slavery. He was merchant, bank cashier, editor 
and farmer. He sacrificed much for conscience's sake. He was an 
uncompromising moral reformer. Died 16 Dec. 1890 at Lexington, Mass. 
Four children. 

David Dunlap b. 2 Aug. 181 1; m. 24 Nov. 1852 Celinda Plympton. 
He became a wealthy merchant of Boston and died there 11 Mch. 1879. 
Three children. 

Frances Hall b. 13 July 1813; m. (1) Mr. Dominicus Parker of 
Bangor; (2) the Rev. George Bradburn. Died in Melrose, Mass., Jan. 

1899- 

Elizabeth Angelia b. 16 Oct. 1815; m. 16 May 1831 John E. Godfrey, 
lawyer and Judge of Bangor. Died 17 May 1878. Two sons. 

Addison b. 21 Oct. 1817; died young. 

Susan Wood b. 1 Sept. 1820; d. 30 Aug. 1890. Unm. 

Helen Louise b. 8 Feb. 1823; m. Charles Adams of Galveston, Texas, 
d. s. p. 8 Nov. 1857. 

Mary Blanchard b. 28 Jan. 1825; d. 14 April 1844. Unm. 

Ellis Merrill b. 22 May 1828; m. 5 Feb. 1851 Eliza L., dau. of the 
Rev. Robert and Susan (Hardy) Crozier. He was interested in a line of 
steamers from N. Y. to Galveston, Texas, and had a successful business 
career. Died in Galveston, I Dec. 1886. Twelve ch. 

Henriette Maria b. 2 May 1830; m. 18 April 1850 James F. Cruger. 
Living in Texas. 

Samuel Owen Stackpole, born 19 Dec. 1794: married (1) 1 
Jan. 1818 Sarah, dau. of Samuel and Catherine (Clark) Robin- 
son ; (2) 8 Nov. 1838 Eliza, dau. of Elijah and Eliza (Swett) 
Macomber. His first wife was born 22 June 1794 and died 8 
Feb. 1837. His second wife was born 9 April 1S10 and died in 



252 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

Brunswick 12 May 1888. He died in Brunswick 7 April 1876. 
See p. 123. Nine children by first marriage. 

Sarah b. 10 Nov. 1818; m. 5 Oct. 1837 Gardner G. Larrabee; d. 14 
Aug. 1889. 

Elizabeth b. 5 Sept. 1820; d. 20 Sept. 1823. 

Hannah b. 19 May 1822; m. (1) 21 May 1848 Daniel R. Fickett; (2) 
10 April 1856 the Rev. Christopher C. Covell. She died at Pownal 17 
Aug. 1875. 

Samuel b. 25 Aug. 1824: m. 24 July 1847 Emeline Wyman: d. s. p. 
in Auburn 25 July 1890. 

Henry Ricker b. 27 Oct. 1826: m. 14 July 1851 Apphia Swasey. Lives 
at Montpelier, Vt. Five children. 

David b. 20 Sept. 1828; m. 12 April 1867 Hattie, dau. of Jeremiah and 
Mary (Gerrish) Day. After spending some years in Cal. he returned and 
settled on the homestead, where he died 2 June 1897. His only child 
Ralph, born 31 Jan. 1876, holds the old homestead which has been held 
in the Stackpole name since 1783. 

Catherine b. 14 Jan. 1831; d. 1 Sept. 1832. 

William b. 1 Sept. 1832; m. 20 Nov. 1855 Lucy, dau. of Dea. William 
and Maria (Blethen) Dingley. He lives on lot 89. Has been Selectman 
and Representative. A daughter, Maria L. b. 6 April 1865, in. 24 Nov. 
1887, Frank M. Drinkwater. They live in West Somerville, Mass. A son 
Merton G. b. 15 Nov. 1866, m. 21 Nov. 1889 Marietta, dau. of Isaiah and 
Sarah (Doughty) Trufant. They have a child Hazel T. born 13 Mch. 1891. 

Charles b. 15 Feb. 1835; m. 1 Jan. i860 at Calais, Me., Carrie A. Doyle. 
He is a farmer in Auburn. Their son, the Rev. Charles Henry Stack- 
pole is mentioned in a Biog. Sketch. 

Children of Samuel O. and Eliza (Macomber) Stackpole. 

Julia Ann b. 18 Sept. 1839; m. 11 May 1880 Charles Harrison Brown 
of Lowell, Mass. He died at Winthrop, Mass., 25 Feb. 1897. She 
resides in Brunswick, Me. 

Elizabeth Dunning b. 2 Jan. 1842; m. 1 Oct. 1865 Dennis Callahan. 
Died in West Bridgewater, Mass., 19 Mch. 1873, leaving daughter Lizzie 
Mildred and son Corydon Howard. The daughter was brought up in the 
family of her uncle, Samuel Stackpole. and so assumed his surname be- 
fore her marriage to Leon Strout. 

Mary Blanchard b. 21 Sept. 1843. 

Benjamin Franklin b. 2 Oct. 1845; d. 2 June 1867 in Worcester, 
Mass. 

Sylvia Nye b. 22 Dec. 1847; d. 21 Nov. 1873. Graduate of Mass. 
State Normal School and teacher in Worcester, Mass. 

Everett S. b. 11 June 1850. See p. 73 and portrait. 

Howard Vinton b. 22 Mch. 1853; m. 13 April 1896 Cora J., dau. 
of George W. and Hattie (Doyle) Curtis of Brunswick. After one year 
in Bowdoin College he entered into business. Is a shoe-dealer in Bruns- 
wick. 




WILLIAM STACKPOLE. 



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ELISHA STETSON. 






GENEALOGICAL NOTES 



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STETSON. 
Elisha Stetson was descended from Robert Stetson (1613- 
1702), who settled in Scituate, Mass., in 1634, coming from the 
County of Kent, Eng. The descent is through Joseph (1639- 

1724), Robert (1670 ), Anthony (1693-1747), and Isaac 

(1722-181 1). The last married 16 Nov. 1749 Ruth Prouty. 
Elisha was the sixth of their eleven children, born 8 April 1759, 
in Scituate, Mass. He married Rebecca Curtis in 1784 and 
moved to Durham in 1789, settling on the County Road. He 
died Feb. 1848. 

Ruth b. 18 Nov. 1784; m. May 1811 Nathaniel Parker. 

Sally b. 20 July 1786; unm. 

Elisha b. 17 Nov. 1788. See below. 

Stephen b. 28 May 1791; m. 13 Aug. 1813 Betsey Dennison of Free- 
port. Lived in Lewiston. 6 ch. 

Isaac b. 3 March 1793; m. 23 Nov. 1819 Betsey Curtis of Boston. 
Lived in Pownal. 9 ch. 

Clarissa b. 18 May 1795: m. 20 Oct. 1820 Elisha Lincoln; d. 11 
March 1840. 

Abigail, twin to Clarissa; m. 14 Feb. 1828 Nathaniel Parker; d. 2| 
Jan. 1844. 

David b. 30 March 179S; 111. 4 Dec. 1S24 Elizabeth Sylvester ol Free 
port. Lived in Auburn. 11 ch. 

Mary b. 6 April 1800; 111. 21 Jan. 1821 Capt. Nathaniel Lincoln; <i. 
16 Oct. 1890. 

Charles b. 11 April 1802; m. Elmira Watson of Calais. Lived in 
Durham. 3 ch. Isaac b. 2 Aug. 1832; d. young. Ebenezer b. 1 April 
1834; m. dau. of Benj. P. Roberts. Susanna b. 19 Sept. 1841. 

Nathaniel b. 20 July 1804: in. 24 Dec. 1829 Ann Osgood. Lived in 
Durham. Died 17 Mch. 1887. Ch. Charles B. b. 20 Oct. 1830; m. 
Maria, dau. of Elisha Orfc o tn? ' Educated at Bowdoin College. A. M. 
Teacher. Died at Maiden. Mass. Mary A. b. 13 Mch. 1832. Unm. 
John Duran b. 13 Mch. 1834; taught Lewiston High School four years 
after graduating at Bowdoin Coll. in 1858. Studied law in Lewiston. and 
practiced there till 1877. Resides at Red Wing, Minn. Married 1871 
Maria H. Lyon. David Osgood b. 13 Nov. 1836. Bowdoin College. 
i860. Teacher for a time. Now engaged in lumbering business in 
Mason, 111. Married and has one son. 

Elisha Stetson, Jr., born in Scituate, Mass.. 17 Nov. 1788. 
came to Durham in 1789. For several years he was a seaman. 
After his marriage he settled in Lewiston. The growth of that 
city enabled him to sell his land at a great advance. For the 
remainder of his life he was a well known citizen of Auburn. 



254 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

He helped build the first toll bridge between Lewiston and 
Auburn and was clerk of the company thirty years. He was 
interested in the manufacture of woolen goods and in railroads. 
For several years Auburn had his services on the Board of Select- 
men. He was a broad-minded man and interested in everything 
that pertained to the public welfare. 

Mr. Stetson married (i)'20. Oct. 1815, Pamelia Haskell of 
Xew Gloucester, who died 22 May 1822. leaving three children; 
(2) 5 April, 1823, Laura Bradford of Turner, who died 20 June 
1862, leaving seven children. He died in Auburn 26 Jan. 1876. 

Elizabeth A. b. 10 Sept. 1816; in. Dec. 1839 Nathan Briggs of 
Auburn; d. Jan. 1895. 

Alfred b. 5 Nov. 1818; m. June 1848 Eleanor Barden. 

Emeline b. 27 Oct. 1820. 

Bradford b. 15 Jan. 1824. 

Pamelia H. b. 19 Feb. 1826; 111. Howe Weeks of Auburn. 

Laura B. b. 8 Dec. 1827; d. 10 Aug. 1839. 

Sylvanus C. b. 28 Sept. 1829. 

Maria L. C. b. 27 Nov. 1832. 

Abigail L. b. 8 Dec. 1837. 

Elisha F. b. 26 Dec. 1841; d. Sept. 1869. 

Elijah Stetson was descended also from Robert of 16 13- 1702, 
but through another line, viz., Benjamin (1641-1711). Benjamin 

(1668-1740), Abijali (1704 ). Elijah was born in Scituate, 

Mass., March 1747. m. 9 April 1772 Susannah Curtis of Han- 
oxer, Mass. He bought, 8 Aug. 1786, of Charles Gerrish, Jr., 
lot 31 and built his cabin near the Reed Brook. His first framed 
house is now over one hundred years old. He m. (2) 17 April 
701 I >orothy Merrill of Durham. By first marriage there were 
children, Uiarlcs and Asenath. The latter married Barnabas 
Strout. Charles married, 9 Aug. 1798, Sagy Stetson of Free- 
port They had children, Asenath, Charles C, Washington, 
Albert, Dexter and Solomon. 

Charles C. Stetson, son of Charles and grandson of Elijah 

m. 24 Jan. 1838 Lydia, dan. of Samuel G. Osgood. He was a 
farmer and mechanic. 5 ch. 

Sarah 1>. 16 Sept. 1843; d. 21 Aug. 1862. 

I 1 onard A. b. 7 Dec. 1845; m. Dora Scott; lives in Durham. 
I . in \ R. b. -'4 Dec. 1847; m. and lives in Vineland, N. J. 
Emma O. b. 1 Jan. 1851 ; 111. and lives in Vineland. N. J. 
Osgood C. b, 16 Nov. 1852; deceased. 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES 255 

ST ROUT. 

Several of this name came from Provincetown, Mass.. to 
Cape Elizabeth about 1730. Joshua Strout married (Int. Rec. 
10 Jan. 1741) Sarah Sawyer of Cape Elizabeth. He came to 
Royalsborough with his son Joshua, Jr., in 1771. His other 
children were Jacob, who settled in Jay. Joseph of Salem, Mass.. 
Nehemiah of Poland. Sally, Deborah, Thankful and Rebecca. 

Capt. Joshua Strout was born in Cape Elizabeth in 1745. He 
married, 6 April 1769, Betsey Cobb, who was born in 1750 and 
died in Durham in 1832. He built a log house near where the 
road to South Durham branches from the County Road. In 
] 780 he built a frame house near where Geo. Washington Strout 
lately lived at S. W. Bend, and his son Jonathan occupied the 
log house till later than 1803. Joshua Strout was a master mari- 
ner and died in the West Indies 3 Dec. 1793. His widow mar- 
ried, 25 July 1795, Joseph Proctor of Lewiston. 

Sarah b. 30 May 1770: m. (1) Lemuel McGray; (2) Nathaniel Ger- 
rish; d. in Lisbon 17 Nov. 1829. 

Barnabas b. 28 June 1772. See below. 

Betsey b. 6 Feb. 177.1 : m. 1 Mcb. 1791 John Dow; d. in Wilton. 1X4- 

Molly b. 16 July 1777; 111. 3 Sept. 1795 Dea. Isaac Lambert; d. 1865. 

Jonathan b. 27 April 1779. See p. 256. 

Abigail b. 31 Mch. 1781; 111. 19 Nov. 1795 Thomas Lambert; d. i:i 
Lisbon 1820. 

Tamar b. 16 April 1783; m. 18 Oct. [798, Abel Curtis. Jr.; d. 13 
June 1859. 

Dolly b. 16 -May 1785; m. 25 Dec. 1803 Simeon Blethen; d. 27 Mch. 
1S49. 

Ebenezer b. 19 April 1787. See p. 256. 

Joshua Jr. b. 21 Aug. 1789. Lost at sea. 

James b. 2 April 1792. See below. 

Barnabas Strout, son of Joshua, m. 1114 Dec. 17114 Asenath 
Stetson; (2) 23 Dec. 1800, Polly Merrill: d. in Durham 1837. 
Sea-Capt. He lived in the house where Wesley Day now 
resides, which lie bought of David Dyer and enlarged. He 
built the house next south and kept hotel in both houses. 

Lusannah Curtis !>. 2 Aug. 1796; m. 26 Sept. 1810 Ivory Warren. 
Sagy b. 5 Jan. 1800; m. 20 Jan. 1820 John Newell. 
Sally b. 5 Sept. 1802; m. 2 Dec. 1824 John Spaulding. 
Lucretia b. 12 Feb. 1805; m. 6 June 1822 Sam'l Soule. 
Abigail b. 7 July 1807; m. 24 Nov. 1825 Joseph Warren. 
Osgood b. 7 Nov. 1809; unm. 



256 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

Mary Ann b. 6 May 1813; m. 6 Nov. 1855 James Spollett of Bruns 
wick. 

Merrill b. 17 Dec. 1815. See p. 258. 

Caroline b. 30 May 1820; m. 24 Sept. 1848 Addison J. Stoddard. 

Jonathan Strout, son of Joshua, m. 9 Nov. 1797, Sarah Vining 
who was horn in Durham 22 Dec. 1779 and died 25 Feb. 1863 in 
Auburn. He died in Auburn Aug. 1867. Was a master mari- 
ner. Lived first in the old log house, the homestead, then at 
the Bend, then in 1809 bought a farm on the River Road of 
Sam'l Nichols, Theophilus Thomas and George Williams, sev- 
enty-five acres of the first, fifty acres each of the others. He 
kept a store and sold West India goods. Cotton he sold on 
shares. Women carded and spun a pound of it and returned 
half a pound of yarn to him. 

Betsey b. 26 July 1798; m. 21 Sept. 1817 Ammi Vining. 

Joshua b. 16 Aug. .1800; d. 25 Oct. 1822 at 2.30 A. M. at Havana. 

Tiiirza b. 12 May 1803; m. 5 Sept. 1819, John Weston: d. 30 Nov. 
1 Sid in Durham. 

JACOB H. b. 14 May 1805: d. in Durham 28 Jan. 1831. 

Alfred b. 5 Mch. 1807; d. 15 Jan. 1826 at Point Peter. Guadaloupe. 

George W. b. 10 May 1809. See p. 258. 

Harriet B. b. 7 Dec. 1811; m. (1) 1 May 1836 Henry Moore o! 
Durham; (2) 1 Jan. 1850, David Cheney of Lisbon. Her children. 
Emma Moore and Frank Cheney, died young. She died 11 Dec. 1859. 

David B. b. 5 April 1814. See Biog. Sketch. 

Sewall b. 24 Sept. 1816: m. Dolly, dau. of Orlando Merrill. Repre- 
m ntative to the Legislature and often Selectman. A son Edward dic'l 
26 Jan. 1866, aged 23 yrs. Another son, Horace, married Laura Var- 
ney of Brunswick and had a son Leon, who married Lizzie Mildred 
Stackpole. 

Nelson b. 3 Sept. 1819; m. Jane Williams of Durham: d. 8 Aug. 
[867 Was Deputy Sheriff and Representative. Had two sons, Pres- 
cott I\.. who m. Clara Colley and lives on the homestead at S. W. Bend. 
and Sumner who was a Lieut, in the Civil War and was killed in battle. 

Harrison B. b. 19 Oct. 1821: m. Vesta Williams; lived as a farmer on 
the River Road, moved to La Porte, Ind., and died there. A son, Alfred 
Otis, is a physician in Iowa. Daughter. Mabel L. 

Mary E. b. 26 Aug. 1826; m. (1) 31 May 1846 Horace L. Corbett: 
(2) 18 Dec. 1852 Lewis Whitney, R. R. Conductor of Portland. 

Ebenezer Strout, son of Joshua, married 27 Nov. 1806. Mary 
Weeman Lived at S. W. Bend. Died 27 Sept. 1821. Their 
children were : 

Catherine W. b. 9 Oct. 1807; d. 27 Jan. 1828. Unm. 

Joshua b. 10 Sept. 1809; m. 1835 Rhoda Jordan of Lewiston. Their 




JONATHAN STEODT. 




JAMES STROUT, JR. 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES 257 

son James G. was born Mch. 1836 and m. 25 Nov. 1858 Olive E. Lambert 
of Durham. 

Joseph W. b. 10 July 1811. 

George Washington b. 10 Aug. 1813; m. 29 Dec. 1857 Harriet Ellen 
Roak, who was born 9 June 1826. He died 12 Nov. 1889. 3 ch. Liz- 
zie Jane b. 30 Mch. i860; m. 19 Dec. 1887 Thomas Dyer Sale. Lin- 
coln b. 16 Feb. 1862; d. 9 July 1876. Sherman b. 6 Nov. 1864. 

Ebenezer King b. 27 Feb. 1816; d. in N. Yarmouth in 1865, leav- 
ing a widow and five children. 

Elizabeth Cobb b. 8 May 1818; m. 18 May 1837 John Hinkley of 
Brunswick. 

Elbridge Gerry b. 16 June 1820; unm.; d. at sea, at age of 20 yrs. 

James Strout (See Biog. Sketch and portrait) married (1) 25 
Nov. 1810, Patience Harrington; (2) 12 Feb. 1815, Abigail 
Miller; (3) 13 July 1823, Hannah Gerrish. 

Joseph m. Matilda Brewster. Died in Parkman. 

James Jr. b. 28 July 1816. See below. 

Albion P. b. 5 Dec. 1824, m. Geraldine Harmon. Resides in Brook- 
lyn, N. Y. Sons, Edwin B. and William H. 

Allen C. b. 14 Nov. 1830; m. Emma L. Lodewick of N. Y.; d. s. p. 
6 July 1880. 

Harriet M. b. 28 Aug. 1834; m. 20 Aug. i860 Wm. Noble of Port- 
land. 

Charles B. b. 9 Aug. 1836; m. (1) Isabel Holt of Bangor; (2) Louise 
Davis. Resides in Buffalo, N. Y. One son, George Holt Strout. 

Caroline G. b. 23 Sept. 1838; d. 10 June 1885. 

Sarah H. b. 23 May 1841 ; m. 23 May 1861, Henry Fitz; d. 11 Oct. 
1868, leaving two children, Marcia and Charles Fitz. 

Martha E. b. 19 April 1844; m. 1 Oct. 1868 Fred Stanwood of 
Brunswick; d. s. p. 29 April 1894. 

James Strout, Jr., born 28 July 1816, married in July 1842 
Mehitabel A. Whitney of Lisbon and died 10 Aug. 1870. His 
wife, born 1 April 1822, died 9 Oct. 1871. 

He was for many years a trader at South West Bend, serving 
also a long time as Postmaster. He was an active politician of 
the Democratic party. He filled the office of Town Clerk eight 
years. Considering the opportunities that Durham afforded, it 
may be said that he accumulated large wealth. He possessed 
a genial disposition and attractive social qualities. See portrait. 

Revillo M. b. 3 Aug. 1843. See p. 258. 

Orianna L. b. 15 May 1845; m. C. Emery Knight; d. 30 Jan. 1879. 

Melville C. b. 29 April 1847. Merchant in Boston. 

Orville D. b. 8 Oct. 1849- Merchant in Boston. 



258 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

FRANCILLA b. 17 Mch. 1852. Resides in Boston. 
Eui.alia b. 3 May 1854; d. 21 July 1882. 
Idella b. 9 July 1856; m. Whittier. 

George W. Strout, son of Jonathan, born in Durham 16 May 
1809, married 7 Sept. 1832, Sarah H. Hibbard, who was born in 
Lisbon 17 June 181 1 and died 30 June 1887. He died in Lewis- 
ton 15 Dec. 1890. He lived at South West Bend in the house 
next to the Union Church, which now serves as a Masonic Hali 
and Hall for the Grange. 

Elizabeth A. b. 23 June 1833; m. Jordan; d. 29 Mch. 1888. 

Jacob A. b. 21 May 1835; m. Sophronia Clymens; d. at Gold Hill, 
Nev., 9 Dec. 1873. 

Harriet A. b. 10 May 1837; d. 22 Sept. 1855. 

Sarah M. b. 1 Dec. 1839; m. George Roberts. 

Margery H. b. 2 Mch. 1842; m. Frederick Reed. 

George J. b. 5 Sept. 1844; d. 12 May 1864. 

Lucy E. b. 19 June 1847; m. Frank Brooks. 

I. C. Knowlton b. 29 June 1850; d. 9 Dec. 1883. 

Frank H. b. 9 Oct. 1854. 

Merrill W. Strout, son of Barnabas, married, 28 Nov. 1839, 
Mary Gerrish. He was a prominent and good citizen of Dur- 
ham and of Brunswick. Died in Woburn, Mass., 8 Feb. 1893. 

Adalantha b. 4 Dec. 1842; m. G. P. Lombard of Belfast. 

Howard Everton b. 4 July 1846; lives in Brockton, Mass. 

Charles Merrill b. 30 Nov. 1848; lives in Woburn, Mass. 

Oscar L. b. 24 July 1850; lives in Boston, Mass. 

Revillo M. Strout, son of James Strout Jr., born 3 Aug. 1843. 
married, 4 Aug. 1872 Mary V., dau. of James and Sarah (Her- 
rick) Newell. He has been in trade at South West Bend since 
1872. It was principally through his influence that the stage 
and mail route was established between Durham and Auburn, 
and he drove the stage several years. His social and obliging 
ways have made him well and widely known. Nothing can be 
truthfully said to his discredit. His children are as follows : 

Belle Gilman b. 13 July 1874. 

Harry Herrick b. 21 June 1878. 

Charles Emery b. 1 March 1881. 

Solomon, son of Elisha and Eunice (Freeman) Strout, was 
born 13 April 1777 in Gotham, Me. He was related to Joshua 
Strout. He married, 20 Nov. 1800, Mrs. Patience (Wallace) 
Fickett of Falmouth, and lived in Limington. They had two 
sons who settled in Durham, Elisha and William W. 




BEVILLO M. STROUT. 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES 259 

Elisha Strout, born 8 Sept. 1811, married 14 Oct. 1838 Mary 
Ann Tyler of Pownal, who was born 29 May 1816 and died 12 
Nov. 1895. He died 17 Sept. 1887. They had two daughters, 
Emma who married in California, and Maggie who married 
Wesley Day of Durham. 

William Wallace Strout was born in Limington 4 Feb. 1804. 
He married, 25 Aug. 1830 Harriet A., dau. of William and Anna 
(Hoyt) Newell. He died in Durham 1 1 Nov. 1872. 

William N. b. 25 Jan. 1832; m. 25 Feb. 1865 Carrie Turner of Dur- 
ham. Lives in Winthrop, Me. 

Freeman b. 9 Dec. 1834; m. 25 Dec. i860 Harriet E. Mitchell of Bath. 
He was killed at the battle of Chantilly 1 Sept. 1862. No children. 

Melissa J. b. 7 Mch. 1837, m. 18 Feb. 1863 William S. Miller. 

Frederick b. 2 Jan. 1840; m. 6 April 1871 Myra R. Fogg of Bath; 
d. 19 Aug. 1878. 

SYDLEMAN. 
John Sydleman, sea-captain, was born in Norwich, Conn., in 
1763. He married Esther Stickney of Portland and settled in 
Durham, on the lower County Road, in 1791. Died 3 Oct. 1805, 
lost at sea. His wife died 27 April 1850, aged 84 years. 

Mary m. 25 Nov. 181 1 William Gerrish. 

Sophia m. Elisha Jones of China. Me. 

John m. 3 Nov. 1820 Mary Woodbury. Was Deacon in the Cong. 
Ch. Farmer on the homestead. Died 20 Aug. 1867, aged 70 yrs. 10 
mos. His wife died in 1880, aged 84 yrs. Ch. Esther; Louise who 
m. 10 Oct. 1848 Reuben H. Byram and is now living in Colorado 
Springs; George A., who m. 29 Nov. 1849 Frances E. Sylvester; and 
John, who died, leaving a family in Mass. 

Rebecca b. 22 Mch. 1795; m. 20 Oct. 1814 James Woodbury. 

Charlotte b. 25 Sept. 1799; m. 21 Oct. 1817 Joshua Gerrish; d. in 
Lisbon 22 Jan. 1879. 

George A. d. at San Jago 30 Dec. 1820, aged 22 yrs. 

Eliza m. 21 Feb. 1841 Amasa Sylvester of Freeport. 

SYLVESTER. 
Richard Sylvester came from England about 1630 and settled 
in Weymouth, Mass. He married in 1632 Naomi Torrey and 
had eleven children. One was Joseph, born 1638, whose son 
Amos was born 15 Nov. 1685 and married 20 Nov. 1706 Eliz- 
abeth Henchman. He died 23 Oct. 1753. Amos Jr., born 14 
Sept. 1707. married Patience Palmer 7 Feb. 1732 and had a son 
Job, born 1742, who married Margaret Stetson in Hanover, 



26o HISTORY OF DURHAM 

.Ma^s., 8 June 1765. He moved to Durham and died there 6 
Oct. 1S52. His wife died 8 Dec. 1818. Revolutionary soldier. 

Job Jr. b. 9 Nov. 1767. See below. 

Amos. Killed in War of 1812, leaving widow and children, one of 
whom, Eben, m. 10 Nov. 1822 Eliza Tyler. Henry Sylvester of Dur- 
ham is his son, who m. Clara Lunt and has two sons and two daughters. 

Cynthia m. Ezekiel Merrill of Freeport 9 Sept. 1798. 

Deborah m. Win. Tuttle of Pownal. Died in Ohio. 

Zilpha m. 8 Feb. 1810 Zebulon York. Lived in Strong. 

Roland m. 1804, Mrs. Ruth (Estes) Barstbw, widow of Daniel Bars- 
tow; d. 17 Jan. 1812. 

Joseph m. 20 Dec. 1813 the widow of his brother Roland; d. 28 Feb. 
1852. Had a son Roland. 

Roland Sylvester, son of Joseph, born 21 Sept. 1815, married 
15 Jan. 1839 Ursula Nichols. Is still living on the old home- 
stead. Blacksmith and farmer. Six children. 

Ellen A. Unm. 

Joseph H. m. Mary E. Gay. Lives in Freeport. Has seven daugh- 
ters. 

Willard N. m. 24 May 1876 Leona Parker. Lives on the home- 
stead. Has nine sons. 

Samuel N. m. April 1885 Ella Cushing of Freeport. Died, leaving 
one son. 

Sabie E. m. 26 Mch. 1875 Leroy Bowie. 

Zilpha Ida m. Marcus W. Eveleth of Durham. 

Job Sylvester, Jr., born 9 Nov. 1767, married 25 Nov. 1790, 
in Hanover, Mass., Lydia Phillips, who was born 12 Feb. 1769. 
They settled in Durham about 1800. He was a blacksmith and 
farmer. About 1840 he and his wife went West to live with his 
son Benjamin. He died at Manchester, Ind., 19 Oct. 1859. His 
wife died 3 March 1850. They had nine children, of whom the 
first five were born in Hanover, Mass. 

John b. 10 Aug. 1791; m. Esther Collier. Settled in Avon. 6 ch. 

Lydia b. 14 Dec. 1792; m. 22 April 1811 Luther Plummer. Settled 
in Manchester, Ind. 

Job Phillips b. 5 Dec. 1794. See p. 261. 

William b. 27 April 1797. See p. 261. 

Benjamin b. 18 Dec. 1799; m. (1) 22 Jan. 1824 Sarah Noyes. She 
died in Aurora, Ind., 19 Jan. 1838. m. (2) Ann A. Drake, who died 27 
Oct. 1872 in St. Paul, Minn. He died in St. Peter, Minn. 

Patience b. 22 Dec. 1808; m. (1) 1 Feb. 1823 Rev. James Harring- 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES 26 1 

ton of R. I. 3 ch. m. (2) 17 Nov. i860 Henry Parker of Jay. She 
died in Lynn, Mass., 19 Jan. 1890. 

Roland b. 13 Oct. 1814; m. (1) Aurelia Nichols 23 Oct. 1839. (2) 
25 Nov. 1847 Grace Nichols. He died in Portland 23 May 1888. 4 
daughters by first marriage; 4 sons by second. 

William Sylvester, born in Hanover, Mass., 27 April 1797, 
married 3 Dec. 1718 Sarah Gushing, who was born in Durham 
21 April 1798 and died 24 Nov. 1877. He died in Durham 8 
Feb. 1884. Farmer. 

Harriet b. 27 Dec. 1S20; m. Isaac Yeaton. She still lives in 
Auburn. Mr. Yeaton was a soldier in the Rebellion and died in New 
Orleans 14 Aug. 1864. 5 ch. 

Benjamin F. b. 20 April 1822; m. Eudora Baker. Lives in Chicago. 

John C. b. 15 Oct. 1824. Lives on the homestead. Unm. 

Frances E. b. 11 Oct. 1827; m. 29 Nov. 1849 Geo. A. Sydleman. 

William J. b. 11 Oct. 1829; d. 24 May 1888. Unm. 

James C. b. 12 Feb. 1832; m. 6 July 1859 Margaret Tuttle of Pownal. 
Farmer in Afton, Iowa. One son. 

George W. b. 30 April 1836; m. 19 Feb. 1870 Elizabeth Boyce. Sol- 
dier in the Rebellion. Lives in Illinois. No ch. 

Job Phillips Sylvester, born in Hanover 5 Dec. 1794, mar- 
ried 30 Nov. 182 1 Elizabeth G. Cushing. Blacksmith. Post- 
master. Town officer several years. Justice of Peace. Capl. 
of Militia in 1828. Died 29 Mch. 1870. 

Maria L. B. b. 15 Jan. 1822; m. 25 Nov. 1847 Philip W. Capron of 
R. I.; died in Quincy, 111., 23 May 1870. He died in Chicago 2 Jan. 1885. 

Delphina P. b. 13 Dec. 1825; m. 7 April 1844 Win. U. Thwing. son 
of Rev. James Thwing of Maine Conf. Residence, Chicago. 8 ch. 

Clarissa D. b. 22 Dec. 1831; m. 29 Aprd 1861 Hiram J. Drinkwater. 
He was a farmer in Durham and died 3 April 1892. To her we are 
indebted for the history of several families. They had a daughter who 
d. young. They adopted Minnie G. Thwing in 1878 in legal form, b. 16 
Oct. 1866. 

Cushing b. 27 May 1833; d. 6 Oct. 1883. He served three years in the 
Rebellion on the gun-boat Cumberland. Married in Chicago 27 June 
1865 Mary McLaughlin. 4 ch., only one of whom is living. His wife 
died in Chicago 13 Sept. 1895. 

Roscoe G. b. 17 Nov. 1836. Served throughout the Rebellion. Was 
Lieut.; m. in Carbonsdale, 111., 24 Dec. 1867 Marietta A. Bricker. One 
son. He is a druggist in Carbonsdale, 111. 

Eugene B. b. 7 Aug. 1842; m. 5 Dec. 1870 Phebe Ella Haskins. She 
died at Cape Elizabeth 15 Oct. 1896. A son and three daughters live in 
Auburn. 



262 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

THOMAS. 

Humphrey. Moses, Peter and William Thomas were taxed 
in old Falmouth in 1766. William and Sarah Thomas owned the 
covenant at the First Parish Church 25 Nov. 1764. It seems 

that by the first marriage with Sarah William Thomas 

had children. William, Joseph and Sarah who married Jacob 
Stanford, all of Cape Elizabeth. William Jr., married 19 Dec 
1793, Eunice Robinson and lived in Durham 1798-1804 on lot 
100. He was a sea-captain and moved back to Cape Elizabeth. 

William Thomas, Senior, married (2) 24 Dec. 1769 Mrs. Abi- 
gail (Marriner) Simonton, widow of Capt. Theophilus Simonton, 
whom she had married 10 Jan. 1765. Her daughter by first mar- 
riage married Joshua Miller. After the death of her second 
husband Mrs. Simonton married, 4 April 1793, William Ray. In 
her old age she lived in the family of Joshua Miller, Senior, of 
Durham, and was known as "Granny Ray." It is related that 
on one occasion there was a husking at Mr. Miller's and the 
young people were having a social time, when some one in sport 
offered to give a bushel of corn to Samuel Jordan, familiarly 
called "Linsey," if he would kiss Granny Ray, who sat quietly 
knitting in her high-backed chair in the corner. While the old 
man hesitated and the laugh went round, the old lady exclaimed 
encouragingly, "come right along, Mr. Jordan, come right along, 
you can't get a bushel of corn any easier." This turned the tide 
of merriment in another direction. 

William and Abigail (Simonton) Thomas had a son Theophi- 
lus Simonton Thomas, born in Cape Elizabeth in 1775. He mar- 
ried, 20 Nov. 1794, Elizabeth, daughter of Josiah and Priscilla 
Stanford, who was born in Cape Elizabeth in 1779. He was 
first taxed in Durham in 1809 and died there 2 Mch. 1841. His 
wife died 13 Mch. 1863. 

James b. 20 Feb. 1799. See p. 263. 
William b. 30 May 1802. See p. 263. 
Woodbury b. 14 Jan. 1804. See p. 263. 

Eunice b. 30 July 1806; m. 12 April 1840 John Merrill; d. 21 Feb. 
■8/5. 

Joseph b. 1809. Lost at sea. Unm. 

Louisa J. b. 1 Jan. 1813. See p. 264. 

Mary b. 22 July 1814; m. 8 May 1845 Benj. Duran; d. 1 June 1885. 

Rufus b. 9 Oct. 1717. See p. 264. 




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GENEALOGICAL NOTES 263 

James Thomas, son of Theophilus, born in Cape Elizabeth 

20 Feb. 1799, married, 19 Nov. 1822, Eunice, dau. of Samuel and 
Catherine (Clark) Robinson. 

Lizzie b. 21 Jan. 1824. 

James W. b. in Lewiston 28 Aug. 1826; d. 29 Mch. 1870. 
Sylvanus D. b. in Lewiston 19 Jan. 1829. Living in Lewiston. 
Sarah J. b. in Lewiston 7 Oct. 1831 ; d. 10 Dec. 1850. 
Dexter S. b. in Lewiston 21 Oct. 1S33; died in 1897, in 111. 
Elbridge G. b. in Lewiston 27 May 1837. 

William Thomas, son of Theophilus, born in Cape Elizabeth 
30 May 1802, married 30 Dec. 1828 Harriet Lucy Fennelly, b. 

21 Dec. 1806. He died 17 April 1851. His wife died 24 
Aug. 1 87 1. 

JosErn Edward b. 2 Jan. 1S30. Soldier. Died in Andersonville 
Prison 17 Oct. 1864. 

Harriet Elizabeth b. 2 Jan. 1832; d. 30 Mch. 1832. 
Mary Elizabeth b. 5 Mch. 1833; m. Win, D. Carter. 
Harriet Lucy F. b. 26 May 183,5; m. Arthur Harmon. 

Woodbury Thomas was born in Cape Elizabeth 14 Jan. 1804. 
He came to Durham with his parents about 1809. They lived at 
first near Parker Hill, but soon moved to the Brunswick Road, 
a third of a mile below the Free Baptist Church. After mar- 
riage he settled on lot 58, where he resided till his death. He 
was a man of genial nature and made many friends. His firm- 
ness of character made him hold tenaciously to opinions once 
formed, whether in religion or in politics. When the Whig 
party disbanded, his transition was easy to the Republican ranks. 
About 1835 he united with the Methodist Episcopal Church of 
which he continued a zealous supporter. A large part of the 
New Testament was stored in his memory, and he made good 
use of it in public exhortations. 

He married, Nov. 1832, Pamelia, daughter of James Jordan 
of Lisbon, who was born 14 April 1810 and died 2 Mch. 1840. 
His second wife was Lovina N., daughter of Dea. Christopher 
Tracy, born 18 Sept. 1814, died 27 Mch. 1882. He died 26 Feb. 
1875. Children by first marriage : 

Joseph W. b. 22 Sept. 1833; m, 28 Feb. 1861 Matilda G. Vining. Ch. 
Fred b. 18 Jan. 1862; Mary E. b. 29 Nov. 1867; Everett b. 9 Feb. 1870. 

Mary Frances b. 24 May 1836; d. 2 Nov. 1859. 

George H. b. 13 April 1838; d. 26 April 1840. 

Pamelia A. b. 15 Feb. 1839; d. 23 May 1840. 



264 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

Children by second marriage. 
George Harvey b. 2 May 1842; d. 7 Oct. 1844. 
William Harrison b. 24 Aug. 1843. See Biog. Sketch. 
Elvira Jane b. 2 Dec. 1844; d. 21 July 1883. 
Marquis Leslie b. 28 Nov. 1847. 

Margaret Elizabeth b. 7 Feb. 1850; m. Seward A. Parker. 
James Bradford b. 27 July 18.52; d. 6 Aug. 1855. 

Rufus Thomas, born 9 Oct. 1817, married (1) Lydia, dau. of 
Moses Jones, who was born 19 Sept. 1826, and died 8 Nov. 1856; 
(2) 3 June 1858, Esther Hodgkins of Lewiston, who was born 
5 May 1823 and died 28 Sept. 1896. He died 12 Oct. 1880. 

George H. b. 5 May 1846. 
Albion S. b. 6 Sept. 1848. 
Francis E. b. 8 Jan. 1852. 
Eliza J. b. 8 Jan. 1855; A. 14 Mch. 1857. 

Louisa J. Thomas, dau. of Theophilus, married (1) 19 Oct. 
1833 John Orr Jordan, who was born in Freeport 3 Dec. 1809, 
and died 8 Dec. 1842; (2) 28 Dec. 1847 Samuel Wooster Chase, 
who was born in Yarmouth 12 July 181 1 and died 20 May 1869. 
She died 23 Mch. 1895. Ch. by first marriage. 

Frances Emery Jordan b. 4 Aug. 1834; m. 6 June 1857 Sophronia 
Curtis of Harpswell; lost at sea 1874. Ch. Jennie L., Nellie, Frank 
and Curtis. 

John Albert Jordan b. 13 April 1837; d. 8 Dec. 1852. 

Ch. by second marriage. 

Howard Wooster Chase b. 19 Oct. 1849: m. 3 April 1881 Sarah 
Abbie Hoyt of Freeport, who was born 22 Feb. 1857. 

Tufts Thomas of N. H. married Fannie Bootman and settled 
in Gorham, Me. His oldest son James was born 7 May 1771 
and married (Int. Rec. 25 Aug. 1795) Charlotte, dau. of Joseph 
and Mary (Hanson) Libby, b. 25 Sept. 1776. They lived in Dur- 
ham not far from Gerrish's Mill, where he died 1 Oct. 1847. 
His wife died 2 Sept. 1829. 

Mary b. 3 Nov. 1798; m. April 1821 John Richards. 

Sophia b. 8 Mch. 1800. 

Sally m. (1) 11 Jan. 1821 Joel Jones; (2) John Richards. 

James Lewis m. Almira Moulton. Removed to Lee. 

Elias m. Martha Ann Moulton. Removed to Lee. 

Benjamin. See below. 

Eliza m. 20 Dec. 1834 Samuel Williams. 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES 265 

Benjamin, son of James and Charlotte Thomas, was born in 
Gorham 25 May 1807 and died in Durham 29 May 1881. He 
married in 1834 Adaline Favor, who was born in North Yar- 
mouth 20 Feb. 181 1 and died in Durham 15 Oct. 1886. Their 
children were : 

Mary E. b. 18 Nov. 1835; Chari.es E. b. 2 July 1837. 
William B. b. 27 Mch. 1839; Amanda A. b. 15 Oct. 1840. 
Mahala b. 24 Jan. 1848; George P. b. 3 Aug. 1849. 
Howard b. 15 April 1853: Laura b. 16 April 1855. 

TRACY. 

The ancestor of the Tracys came from Normandy with Wil- 
liam the Conqueror. His coat of arms may be seen in the Roll 
of Battle Abbey, "Argent, an escallop in the chief point sable, 
between two bandlets gules." Grace, dau. of Henri de Traci, 
Lord of Barnstable, married, 1 104, John de Studeley, and her 
second son assumed the name of his maternal ancestor, William 
de Traci, and had the coat of arms above described, except that 
the color argent was changed to or. The tenth Sir William 
Tracy of Toddington had a son, Richard Tracy Esq. of Stanway, 
whose son Nathaniel was the father of the Lieut. Thomas Tracy, 
born about 1610, who was enrolled at Salem 23 Feb. 1637. He 
married in Wethersfield, Conn., 1641, the widow of Edward 
Nason, and lived in Saybrook fourteen years. He settled in 
Nonvich, Conn., about 1655. He was Deputy or Representa- 
tive of the town twenty-one semi-annual sessions, and his son 
Solomon nineteen sessions. He m. (2) 1676 Mrs. Martha Brad- 
ford ; (3) Mrs. Mary (Foot) (Stoddard) Goodrich. He died in 
Norwich 7 Nov. 1685. 

By first marriage he had seven children, of whom Jonathan 
was born in 1648. He married 11 July 1672 Mary, dau. of Fran- 
cis Greswould and settled in that part of Norwich, Conn., which 
is now Preston. He was Town Clerk, Lieut, in the Training 
Band, and Justice of the Peace. He died in 171 1. He had a 
son Christopher, who was the father of the Jonathan Tracy who 
was born in Norwich (or Preston) 29 Dec. 1713. This Jonathan 
came to old Falmouth, Me., and married in 1743 Abigail, dau. of 
Jeremiah and Rachel Riggs. (Riggs was a tanner, son of John 
and Ruth (Wheeler) Riggs of Gloucester, Mass. He came to 
Falmouth in 1725 and lived near Stroudwater.) Their first 



266 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

four children were baptized at the First Parish Church, of which 
the parents became members in 1744. They lived in the vicinity 
of Back Cove, and he was Sergeant of a militia company there 

i" 1757- 

In Aug. 1762 Jonathan Tracy moved to Gouldsborough, Me., 
induced by the proprietors by the free grant of lots of land for 
himself and sons. His descendants in that town and vicinity are 
very numerous. In an old family Bible, now in the possession 
of Win. H. Thomas, the following children are recorded: 

Jeremiah b. 9 Aug. 1744; Jonathan b. 24 Mch. 1746. 

Lydia b. 21 Feb. 1748; Solomon b. 4 Mch. 1750. 

Mary b. 17 May 1752; Abigail b. 3 June 1754. 

Rhoda b. 17 Aug. 1756; Christopher b. 2 Oct. 1758. 

Asa b. 4 Aug. 1760; Samuel b. 30 June 1762. 

Wheeler b. 3 Feb. 1765; Thomas b. 30 May 1767. 

Daniel b. 16 Aug. 1769. 

Of these Solomon, Christopher and Samuel settled in Dur- 
ham. Solomon Tracy married 8 April 1773 in Falmouth Mary 
Getchell. They lived for a while in Durham, where sons Solo- 
mon Jr., Nathaniel, who m. 24 Dec. 1801 Molly Beal, and prob- 
ably other children 1 were born. They removed to Rome, Me. 
Solomon Jr. returned to Durham, married Deborah Dunn of 
Poland and had the following children : 

Nathaniel b. 10 July 1795, d. in Rome, Me., at the age of 93 yrs. 
Polly b. 26 May 1797; Joseph b. 4 Aug. 1799; Peggy b. 16 May 1802; 
Benjamin b. 7 Mch. 1804; James; and Solomon 3d. 

Rev. Christopher Tracy (See Biog. Sketch and Revolutionary 
Record) born in Falmouth 2 Oct. 1758, came to Royalsborough 
about 1778. He married Anna Getchell in 1780 and settled on 
lot 79. Tracy's Island still bears his name. His wife w^as born 
14 June 1761 and died 19 Oct. 1835. He died 12 Nov. 1839. 
The number thirteen did not prove very unlucky in the Tracy 
family, since he, his father and his brother Samuel had each 
thirteen children. 

Hannah b. 25 Oct. 1780; m. 28 Nov. 1799 Joseph Orr. 

Jonathan b. 28 Dec. 1782. See Biog. Sketches of ministers. 

Mary b. 3 May 1785; m. Wm. Beals of Augusta: d. 27 June 1874. 

Christopher b. 13 July 1788. See p. 267. 

'm. 25 Sept. 1803 Wm. Beal and Mary Tracy. 

m. 5 Dec. 1805 James LeBarron and Rhoda Tracy. 

111. int. 24 Feb. 1810 Wm. Grant and Peggy Tracy. 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES 267 

Sally b. 18 April 1790: m. 12 June 1810 Isaac Witham. 

Asa b. 12 May 1792; m. 1814, Fannie Briggs of Greene. Lived in 
Carmel, Me. 

Samuel b. 11 April 1794; m. 10 May 1815, Olive D. Tibbetts. who was 
born 13 July 1791 and died 19 Jan. 1875. He died 19 Aug. 1873. A 
daughter Betsey, born 14 Oct. 1818 married 29 July 1841, Elisha Keene 
of Auburn, and died 5 Nov. 1883. Other daughters died young. 

Daniel b. 6 April 1796; m. 1817, Polly Bicknell of Buckfield; m. (2) 
19 Dec. 1830, Thirza Bicknell. Lived in Durham. Died 23 Mch. 1875. 
First wife died 23 Sept. 1830, aged 32 yrs. Second wife died 16 Dec. 
1880, aged 76 yrs. 4 raos. One dan., Margaret, who died 4 Jan. 1893. 

Anna b. 28 Mch. 1798; m. Gould. Lived in Farmington. 

Infant b. and d. 16 May 1800. 

David b. 6 Oct. 1801 ; m. 1 Sept. 1822 Sally Sawyer. 

Lydia b. 2 Jan. 1804; m. 1828 Wm. B. Joy of Minot. 

Infant b. 27 July 1806; d. young. 

Samuel Tracy, born 30 June 1762, married Elizabeth W. 
Getchell, sister of the wives of his brothers Solomon and Chris- 
topher. Lived in Durham. 

Abigail b. 29 June 1783; m. 25 Nov. 1806 Stephen Story of Bowdoin. 

Judith b. 11 Mch. 1785; d. young. 

Samuel b. 17 Mch. 1787; m. 21 April 181 1 Susanna Vining. Ch. 
Alvin F. b. 24 Sept. 181 2; m. May 1835 Joan Brewer of Freeport; d. 
June 1897; and Mary V. b. 27 Sept. 1814. d. 10 Aug. 1854. After Sam- 
uel's death his widow m. James Newell. 

Dorothy b. 23 Oct. 17S9; m. 7 June 1812 Benj. Witham of New 
Gloucester. 

Jeremiah. Unknown. 

Wheeler b. 5 May 1797; m. 4 Dec. 1819 Nancy Gould of Lisbon; 
died in Auburn in 1878, having lived in Livermore and Peru. Eight 
children. 

Hugh b. 16 June 1799; m. 1820 Polly Hill of Durham. Lived and 
died on the old Getchell homestead in Durham. Five daughters and a 
son Phineas. 

Abel b. 21 May 1801; m. 1824 Rachel Orr of Harpswell. Lived in 
Durham opposite Lisbon Falls. Sons, Emor, who died young, and 
John. 

Moses b. 20 July 1804; died when a young man, leaving widow and 
two children. 

Comfort m. 16 Sept. 1813 John McCathlin of Montville. 

Sarah m. Littlefield of Brunswick. 

Olive m. 31 Dec. 1829 James L. Getchell. 

Patty m. 26 Mch. 1826 John Manuel or Manwell. 

Dea. Christopher Tracy, son of Rev. Christopher, born 13 
julv 1788, married 31 Dec. 1809 Margaret Gatchell and lived in 



268 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

Durham. He died 18 Dec. 1864. His wife, born 26 April 1787, 
died 26 May 1862. Besides four children, who died in infancy, 
they had. 

Betsey W. b. 4 Mch. 1812; m. . 

Lavina N. b. 18 Sept. 1814; m. Woodbury Thomas: d. 27 Mch. 1882. 

Elvira J. b. 19 Sept. 1817; m. 29 Nov. 1838 Bradford Sprague of 
Bath. 

SoPHRONiA B. b. 9 Oct. 1823; d. 21 Aug. 1885. Unm. 

Sylvia A. b. 22 April 1826; d. 14 Jan. 1827. 

Francis J. b. 14 Oct. 1835; m. . Corp. in Co. C, 31st Me. 

Regt. Wounded at Port Hudson 14 Jan. 1863. Died at Baton Rouge, 
La. 19 June 1863. 

TRUE. 
Deacon William True was the son of Deacon Benjamin and 
Judith (Morrill) True and was born in Salisbury, Mass., 1 Aug. 
1737 and died in Durham, Me., 1 Nov. 1816. He married (1) 
16 Jan. 1764, Miriam, dan. of Aaron Clough of Salisbury, Mass. ; 
(2) 29 Jan. 1778 Mary, dau. of Ezekiel and Mary (Morrill) True, 
who was born in Salisbury, 16 May 1755. He bought land in 
Bagley's Gore, Royalsborough in 1785 and 1787, the last being 
lot 18 of the plan made by Amos Davis, Surveyor. It was the 
farm now owned by William Miller at Methodist Corner. He 
evidently moved into Royalsborough about 1785. Jan. 28, 179T 
his son Abel bought of him 50 acres of land. His remaining 
estate was sold after his death to Matthew Duran, Jr. William 
True was for many years Deacon in the Cong. Church. He 
united with the Methodist Church at its organization in Durham 
and was an active member till his death, singing in the choir 
led by his son-in-law, Daniel Harmon. His family were as fol- 
lows. By first marriage, 

Abel b. 10 Nov. 1764; m. n Feb. 1787 Abigail, dau. of Reuben and 
Deborah Brown, who was born in Salisbury. Mass., 17 Sept. 1761. He 
sold his farm in Durham, in 1810, to Win. Fickett. 

Betsey b. 7 Feb. 1767; m. 6 March 1788 Nathan Weston of N. Yar- 
mouth. Res. Pompey, N. Y. 

Jonathan b. 19 Nov. 1768; m. 20 Nov. 1794 Hannah Hoyt. He 
m. (2) in Durham 2 June 1804 Rebecca Woodbury. Moved to Pitts- 
ford. N. Y. The children by first marriage were, William b. 2 Oct. 
1795; Anna b. 3 July 1797; Abigail b. 18 Nov. 1799, and died 3 Oct. 
1803. First wife died 15 Dec. 1801. The children by second marriage 
recorded were: Woodbury b. 27 Mch. 1805; Priscilla b. 5 Jan. 1808. 

Samuel b. 15 April 1771; m. 28 May 1792 Lucy Currier of Durham, 
who was born in Salisbury. They had children in Durham Jonathan 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES 269 

Jr. b. 15 Dec. 1792; Samuel Jr. b. 26 April 1796. This family moved to 
Pittsford, N. Y., about 1817. 

Daniel b. 17 Sept. 1773; m. (1) 13 April 1797 Lettice York. She 
died in Mendon, N. Y., 12 Sept. 1812. He m. (2) Mrs. Sarah Williams 
Ingersoll. He moved to N. Y. State in 1811, and died 18 Sept. 1824. 
Ch. b. in Durham. Enoch b. 29 April 1798; d. 10 Oct. 1803; Daniel, 
Jr. b. 10 Jan. 1800; d. in Lima, N. Y„ 3 June 1870; Hannah b. 21 April 
1802; Ellet b. 1 March 1804; drowned 1807; Joseph b. 1808; Elea- 
zer Wells, b. 4 Oct. 1S10; d. in Armada, Mich., 18 June 1874; Eliza- 
beth b. in Mendon, N. Y., Jan. 1812: d. in Armada, Mich., 28 May 
1S86. 

The children of Wm. True, Sen., by second marriage were : 

William b. 9 Aug. 1778; m. 30 July 1805 Rebecca Mariner of Cape 
Elizabeth, dau. of Moses and Rebecca Mariner. She was born 4 July 
1785 and died in Ottawa, III., 11 Mch. 18C4. He died at same place 5 
April 1850. For a long time he was a merchant in Portland. One of 
his six children was Prof. Charles K. True of Wesleyan University, 
Middletown, Conn., distinguished scholar and author. 

Benjamin, a distiller of Portland. 

Miriam, m. 15 Aug. 1799 Jeremiah Brown of Freeport. 

Mary b. 28 Oct. 1781; m. 27 Sept. 1798 Daniel Harmon; d. 3 June 
1821. 

Sally m. 27 Nov. 1800 Thomas Runnels. Moved to Portland. 

A son Wm. Runnels, probably born in Durham, became a Methodist 
preacher. 

TURNER. 

There is room for little doubt that the ancestor of the Turners 
of Durham came from Hanover or Scituate, Mass. Lemuel 
Turner and Abigail Starbird of No. Yarmouth (Freeport) were 
married 16 Jan. 1755. They were, doubtless,, the parents of 
Isaac and Ezekiel who settled in Durham, and also of Desire, 
who married Stephen Weston. The home of the Turner family 
in Freeport was near Mast Landing. Lemuel Turner was a 
Revolutionary soldier, as were also his sons Isaac and Starbird. 
Isaac Turner of Royalsborough married Molly Hanscom of 
Cape Elizabeth 21 1788. 7 ch. 

Sally b. 18 Jan. 1790; m. 27 June 1810 Mr. Pingree of Norway. 

Mary b. 30 Jan. 1792; m. 11 Dec. 1811 Hezekiah Pingree of Norway. 

Lettice b. 30 June 1794; m. 28 Sept. 1817 Jonathan Stevens of Nor- 
way. 

Moses b. 18 Nov. 1796; m. and d. s. p. in Durham. 
• Aaron b. 26 July 1799; m. 11 Dec. 1823 Nancy Davis. 

Elisha b. 10 Sept. 1801; m. 1 Dec. 1823 Louisa Weeks. 

Paulina F. b. 1S10; m. 1833 Daniel Fickett; d. 19 July 1847. 



2 JO HISTORY OF DURHAM 

Ezekicl Turner married, 12 Jan. 1792, Joanna, dau. of Yin- 
cent and Susanna (York) Roberts. He was drowned while 
mackerel-catching at age of about 55 yrs. Joanna (Roberts) 
Turner was a woman of remarkable character. She was born 
1 Oct. 1773. The date on her tombstone is earlier than this, 
but it is an error. She had fifteen children. Her home was not 
far from the Stone Mill. She possessed a deeply religious nature. 
Her faith is illustrated in her daily prayer for twenty years that 
her son William, supposed to have been lost at sea, might yet 
return to her. One day he walked in with thrilling adventures 
to tell of life among the islands of the sea and of hair-breadth 
escapes from cannibals, etc. One night, when her husband was 
away, the wolves surrounded her cabin. The watch-dog became 
so furious that he had to be released and was torn in pieces by 
the pack. 

Notwithstanding scanty means she was generous in feeding 
the hungry and caring for orphans. She remembered the prayer- 
meeting on Hezekiah Gerrish's hill, when she separated from 
her brother, the Rev. Daniel Roberts, elsewhere mentioned in 
this History. 

She married (2) 2 Sept. 1824, Samuel Sawyer. Her death 
occurred 27 Mch. 1858. Her children, all by first marriage, who 
grew up were : 

Lemuel m. (1) 22 Jan. 1815 Mary Wormell; (2) 1830 Olive Sawyer. 
Ch. Ezekiel b. 29 April 1822; Henry; Susan F. b. 4 Sept. 1817; Mary 
Jane b. 7 April 1819; William, Matilda, Caroline, Elizabeth and Nina. 

Nancy m. 19 Mch. 1815 George Bragdon. 

Abbie. Unm. 

Eben m. Martia Roach. Moved to Portland. Ch. James and Eliz- 
abeth. 

William m. Olive Jane Allen. Ch. Ezekiel. William and Henry. 

Rachel m. 21 June 1824 Capt. William York of Portland. 

Emery d. at age of 17 yrs. 

Sally m. Wm. Cushing. Lived on Cousen's Island. 

Nathaniel b. 6 Aug. 1811; m. 13 Jan. 1833 Jennett Rogers Estes, b. 
17 Jan. 1815. Lived on lot 126. Died 2 Feb. 1883. 5 ch. Mary Ann 
b. 15 July 1834; d. 17 Jan. 1841. Elbridge York b. 20 June 1841; m. 1 
May 1895 Jennie Rich North of Bristol, Conn. Res. Auburn. Alonzo 
Garcelon b. 28 Sept. 1843; m. Hala Blethen; d. 2 Jan. 1869. Sarah 
Ellen b. 27 June 1838; m. 18 Sept. 1864 Joseph W. Perkins; d. n Feb. 
1896. Georgiana b. 2 Aug. 1852; d. 20 Sept. 1853. 

Submit b. July 1814; m. Sam'l Harmon of Durham. 

Alpha, brought up as a son. See Biog. Sketch. 




JOANNA (ROBERTS* TURNER. 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES 27 I 

TUTTLE. 

John Tuttle, of Welsh origin, was in Dover, N. H., before 

1642 ; d. 1662. Wife Dorothy. Their son John m. Mary ■ 

and d. 1720. John 3d, born 1671, m. Judith Otis and was killed 
by Indians 17 May 1712. Their son Thomas, born 15 March 
1699, m. Mary Brackett ; d. abt. 1772. The}- had eleven children, 
of whom Reuben was born 26 Mch. 1739; m. 26 May 1762 Eliza, 
dau. of Tobias and Judith (Varney) Hanson, and had eight chil- 
dren born in Barrington, N. H. He moved to Royalsborough 
in 1780. He was a farmer and blacksmith. While in N. H. 
the patriots annoyed him by their demands on his skill for the 
repair of the locks of their muskets, the fitting of bayonets and 
the making of swords, all of which were in opposition to his con- 
victions against war and its concomitants, he being a member of 
the Society of Friends. So he sold out such of his possessions 
as could not be moved, and embarked with the rest of his family 
in a coaster. They disembarked at Mast Landing, Freeport. 
He drove a flock of sheep through the woods to his new abode 
on Lot 2. He died 20 Jan. 1814. His wife died 28 Jan. 1828. 
Elisha. son of Reuben Tuttle, b. 27 Sept. 1767; m. 1792 Sarah, 
dau. of Caleb and Lydia (Bishop) Estes ; d. 21 Dec. 1854. His 
wife died 15 Jan. 1857, aged 85 yrs. Their children were: 

Lydia b. 5 Oct. 1793: m. John Jones of Brunswick. 

Tobias b. 17 June 1795; d. 30 Jan. 1799. 

Esther b. 13 Nov. 1798; m. Daniel Lunt. 

Thomas b. 14 Jan. 1801 ; m. 7 Nov. 1822 Lydia Jones; d. 17 July 1837. 

Judith b. 17 June 1803; m. (1) Robert Goddard; (2) Jesse Cross- 
man. 

Philena b. 7 Jan. 1806; m. John Smith of Durham; d. 19 May 1884. 

Patience b. 12 Feb. 1808; m. 31 Nov. 1835 Isaac Blake of Lisbon. 

Sarah b. 10 June 1811; m. (1) Rufus Jones of China, (2) John Cross- 
man; d. 27 May 1872. 

Elias b. and d. 2 May 1815. 

VARNEY. 

Humphrey Varney was settled in Dover, N. H., in 1659. He 
married, 2 March 1664, Mrs. Sarah Story, daughter of Edward 
Starbuck. Their son Ebenezer married Mary Otis. Ebenezer, 
Jr., was born in Dover, X. H., 31 Mch. 1704, married, 24 Dec. 
1729. Elizabeth Hanson, and died 30 Nov. 1776. 

Nicholas, son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Hanson) Varney, 
was born in Dover, N. H., Feb. 21, 1740. He married Nov. 28. 



272 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

1764 Mary, dau. of Edward and Patience (Carr) Estes. After 
living a few years in Falmouth he purchased, in 1782, lot No. 17 
of Stephen Hart in Royalsborough. Hart's buildings had just 
been burned and Varney built his house on the hill southwest of 
John Yarney's blacksmith-shop. The house is now occupied by 
his great-grandson, George E. Varney. 

He belonged to the Society of Friends, and their rules proi 
hibiled any active part in war. They protested against all taxes, 
any part of which was to meet war expenses. Since it was 
impossible to discriminate in tax-bills what portion was for war, 
some of the Friends refused to pay any taxes at all. When the 
collector of Royalsborough called on Nicholas Varney, he per- 
sistently refused payment of the amount assessed upon him. 
Consequently the sheriff came and seized a new milch-cow. and 
sought also to take away her young calf with her. The boys, 
unterrified by the officer's badge and ignoring the spirit of the 
Quaker principle of non-resistance, mixed those calves up so 
that the officer was unable to decide which was the right one; 
and finding it difficult to catch and impossible to drive any one, 
he went away with the cow alone. The animal was sold, and the 
next time the officer came that way he brought the balance of 
the sale money remaining after the deduction of the tax-bill. 
Neither husband nor wife would touch the polluted currency, and 
the officer could relieve himself of the responsibility for the 
money only by laying it upon the high shelf at a corner of the 
room. There the money remained untouched for many months. 
When the next year the officer came round for another collection, 
his demand was met only by an allusion to what he had done 
the previous year and the statement that the money he had 
placed on the shelf then was still there. The officer found it so 
and withdrawing from it the amount required, returned the bal- 
ance to its former position. It proved sufficient for the third 
year also. 

The family of Nicholas Varney is here given. 

Elizabeth b. 1 Nov. 1765; d. 1 Mch. 1836. 

Estes b. 11 Aug. 1768; d. 8 Feb. 1828; m. Sargent. 

Ebenezer b. 7 Jan. 1771; d. 21 Mch. 1840. 

Carr b. 22 July 1773; d. 14 Jan. 1859; m. Anna Tuttle. 

Patience b. 5 Nov. 1775; d. 19 Feb. 1843. 

Joseph b. 30 May 1778; d. 19 Mch. 1835; m - Bethana Getchell. 

Nicholas b. 25 Aug. 1780; d. 2 Oct. 1843. 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES 273 

Mary b. 12 Oct. 1783. 

Sarah b. 20 April 1786; d. 27 April 1786. 

Jeremiah b. 25 Mch. 1789; d. 12 May 1836. 

Nicholas Varney Jr. married 7 Mch. 1805 Mary Field. She 
died 30 Nov. 1871. Their children were: 

John b. 8 May 1806; m. Maria Hawkes. 

Hannah b. 10 April 1808; d. 17 June 1886; m. Jonathan Meader of 
Westbrook. 

Amos b. 30 Jan. 1811; d. 8 June 1887; m. Lydia Hawkes. 

Sarah b. 13 June 1813; still living; m. Benj. Frye of China. 

Anna b. 13 Oct. 1815; d. 15 May 1820. 

Isaiah b. 18 May 1818; d. 21 April 1871. Unm. 

Eunice b. 15 Mch. 1820: d. Feb. 1848. Unm. 

Mary Ann b. 7 April 1822; still living. Unm. 

Children of John and Maria (Hawkes) Varney. 

Julia m. (1) 25 Oct. 1850 John Coombs; (2) Rev. George Crawford; 
d. 2 April 1898. 

George E. m. Rachel A. Snow; lives in So. Durham. 

Nathan m. Emily A. Shopp; lives in Los Angeles, Cal. 

John d. young. 

Joseph m. Rose Newell; lives in Freeport. 

Amos F. m. Miss Wyat. 

Charles m. Cox; lives in Bath. 

Leonard m. Lydia A. Stimpson; d. in Portland. 
Emery V. d. in Farmington. 

Children of Amos and Lydia (Hawkes) Varney. 
Alfred m. Georgia A. Smith. 
Sibyl. 

John H. m. Maria Andrews. 
Lewis d. young. 
Alney. 

Lydia Ella m. Charles F. Andrews. 
Lindley M. m. Martha Osborne. 

VINING. 

Benjamin Vining (see p. 19) m. (1) 22 Oct. 1761, Mehitabel 
Brooks. She died 9 April 1774, leaving five children; (2) 20 
Aug. 1776, Lydia Turner of Hingham, Mass., who had five chil- 
dren ; (3) 1789 Bathsheba Davis of Portland. His family was as 
follows ; 

John b. 5 Sept. 1762. See p. 274. 

Benjamin Jr. b. 3 Aug. 1764. See p. 274. 

Bela b. 12 Nov. 1766. See p. 275. 



274 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

Lucinda b. ii Mch. 1769; m. 17 Mch. 1789 Thomas Mitchell; d. 
about 1812. 

Hannah b. 10 June 1771; d. 3 May 1774. 

Mehitabel b. 17 Feb. 1778; m. 6 Dec. 1792 Henry McKenney of 
Durham. 

Sarah b. 22 Dec. 1779; m. 9 Nov. 1797 Jonathan Strout; d. 25 Feb. 
1863. 

Reuben b. 2 May 1782; d. 21 Jan. 1783. 

Josiah b. 15 May 1784; m. 24 May 1807 Esther Clough. He joined 
the Society of Friends and moved to St. Albans. For family see Hist, 
of Litchfield. 

Abigail b. 9 July 1786; m. (1) 3 Mch. 1803 Daniel Jordan of Pejep- 
scot; (2) a Mr. Titcomb; d. 1863. 

John, son of Benjamin Vining, is said to have come from 
Pepperrellborough (Saco) in 17S7. See Military Record. He 
m. 30 Nov. 1786 Mary Goodwin and died in Durham 27 Oct. 
1837. His wife was born 11 April 1765 and died 14 Nov. 1839. 
He was a farmer and lived on Lot 75. His family is here given. 

Susanna b. 24 Aug. 1787; m. (1) 21 April 1811 Samuel Tracy; (2) 
James Newell, 24 Dec. 1818. 

John b. 27 April 1789; d. 24 Mch. 1791. 

Molly b. 20 Aug. 1791 ; d. 7 Oct. 1793. 

Benjamin b. 23 Aug. 1793; m. 15 April 1819 Hannah Merrill; d. 9 
Sept. 1833. 

Samuel b. 26 May 1795; m. Polly Smith of Lisbon; d. in Troy, Me., 
26 July 1842. 

John 2d b. 27 Jan. 1798; m. 1825 Martha S. Ross of Brunswick; lost 
at sea Feb. 1838. Their children were: Elbridge C. b. 28 May 1827. 
Harrison b. 28 Mch. 1832. Martha A. b. 27 July 1834; m. Charles E. 
Clark of Gt. Falls, N. H. 

Reuben b. 20 July 1799. See p. 275. 

David b. 8 April 1801. See p. 275. 

Jonathan, twin to David; d. unm. 12 Dec. 1820. 

Betsey b. 20 April 1803; d. 12 Nov. 1805. 

Ammi b. 4 Sept. 1805. See p. 276. 

Sally b. 3 June 1807; d. 10 Dec. 1892. 

Benjamin Vining Jr. was born at New Casco 3 Aug. 1764; 
m. 23 Mch. 1797 Sarah, dau. of Batchelder Ring, who was born 
in Royalsborough 19 Sept. 1777. They lived for a time in Dur- 
ham, but moved to Avon where he died 9 Sept. 1833. Their 
children were : 

Batchelder Ring b. 17 Feb. 1798. 

Benjamin Brooks b. 30 March 1799. 

Thomas b. 31 March 1800. 




DAVID VINING 



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275 



Daniel b. 15 Jan. 1802. 
Page b. 29 March 1803. 
Seward b. 8 Feb. 1805. 
Converse b. 27 Feb. 1807. 
Edward b. 17 May 1809. 
John b. 2 May 1811. 
Nathaniel b. 16 March 1813. 
Sally b. 4 Sept. 1S14. 

Bela, son of Benjamin Vining, horn 12 Nov. 1766; m. 15 July 
1790 Thankful Millbanks of Lewiston. She died in Durham 7 
Aug. 1864, aged 92 yrs. 7 mos. He was a farmer and lived on 
Lot 65. He died 17 Feb. 1846. Their children were: 

William b. 20 July 1791; m. Nancy . 

Hannah b. 19 March 1793; m. 5 March 1815 Asa Dyer of Harmony. 

Ammi b. 3 April 1795; m. 21 Sept. 1817 Betsey Strout. 

Lucv b. 6 May 1798; m. 30 Nov. 1820 John Newell 2d. 

Bela Jr. b. 3 April 1800; d. in Havana. Cuba, 19 Aug. 1821. 

Samuel b. 3 April 1802. 

Sarah b. 17 Oct. 1805; m. 13 Oct. 1826 Joseph Davis. 

Sewell b. 29 Jan. 1808; m. (1) 1831, Hephzibah Blanchard of N. 
Yarmouth; (2) Mrs. Randall. 

Mary Millbanks b. 4 May 1810; m. 14 Oct. 1832 William H. L. 
Blanchard of N. Yarmouth. 

Reuben, son of John and Mary (Goodwin) Vining, born 20 
July 1790, married Mercy Lunt of Brunswick, lived on the home- 
stead, Lot 75, and died 6 Aug. 1857. 

Martha R. b. 3 Dec. 1837. 

John A. b. 21 Sept. 1839; m. 8 June 1869 Letitia McMullen of N. Y. 
Died at Walpole, Mass., 20 Oct. 1869. 
Josiah L. b. 23 Sept. 1842. Unm. 
George H. b. 13 Aug. 1846; d. urm. 1 Jan. 1895. 
Edwin R. b. 22 Feb. 1850. See p. 276. 

David, son of John and Mary (Goodwin) Vining, born 8 
April 1801 ; m. June 1S33 Betsey Smith of Lisbon. He died 
Sept. 1869. Tinsmith and farmer. Lived in Durham till 1849. 
Then moved to Lewiston, where he died. See portrait. 

James b. 19 May 1834; 111. 21 Aug. 1868 Susie Clark of Wales, Me. 

M.uiala S. b. April 1836; m. 24 Oct 1854 Edward Goold of West- 
brook. 

Maria C, twin to Mahala; m. 24 Oct. 1856 Luther Ferley of Har- 
rison. 

David A. b. 13 May 1843; m. 5 May 1868 Libby of Lewiston. 



276 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

Ammi, son of John and Mary (Goodwin) Vining, born 4 
Sept. 1806; m. 3 June 1832, Susanna Gerrish. He was a farmer 
and lived near Gerrish's Mill. He d. 1 May 1868. His wife, 
born 12 April 181 1, died 11 April 1896. 

Mary V. b. 22 Mch. 1834; d. 18 Nov. 1871. 

Benjamin F. b. 2 April 1836; m. March, 1867 Sarah J. Richardson 
of New Gloucester; d. 23 Mch. 1886. 

Laura P. b. 17 July 1839; m. Aug. 1867 L. E. Dennison; d. 17 Nov. 
1871. 

Matilda G. b. 17 July 1839; m. 28 Feb. 1861 Joseph W. Thomas. 

Israel H. b. 9 June 1844; d. 24 Sept. 1846. 

Etta P. b. 29 June 1851; d. 27 Aug. 1880. 

Emma E. b. 9 Sept. 1855; d. 2 March 1863. 

Edwin R. Vining, son of Reuben and Mary (Lunt) Vining, 
born in Durham 22 Feb. 1850, married, 1 Jan. 1S73 Ada L. 
Morse, who was born in Bangor 22 Jan. 1854. They live in 
Auburn. The following children were born in Durham : 

John A. b. 7 Dec. 1873. 

Everett L. b. 15 Dec. 1874. 

Willis J. b. 17 July 1877. 

E. Warren b. 6 Jan. 1879; d. 20 Mch. 1880. 

Murray H. b. 12 Oct. 1882. 

Addie P. b. 29 Sept. 1885. 

Merton b. 10 Jan. 1888. 

Albert E. b. 31 May 1892. 

Infant d. 22 Jan. 1898. 

WAGG. 
William Wagg married 24 Feb. 1 780 Dorcas Strout in Cape 
Elizabeth and was the first settler on the River Road in old 
Pejepscot or Danville. His descendant of the same name still 
holds the old homestead. He died 31 Mch. 1845, a g ed 9 1 >' rs - 

William Wagg, Jr., was born 23 Oct. 1792 and died in Dur- 
ham 14 Oct. 1S20. He married Elizabeth Miller. Their chil- 
dren were : 

Mary b. 9 Nov. 1814; m. 3 May 1835 Rev. Ira G. Ridlon, who was b. 
3 July 1815. 

William 3d b. 25 July 1816. See below. 

Elizabeth b. 3 Sept. 1818; m. Horatio N. Jordan; d. 5 April 1857. 

Ann S. b. 28 Aug. 1820; m. William D. Roak. 

William Wagg, 3d, born 25 July 1816 in Danville, married 
17 May 1840 Sarah Yeaton Bowie, who was born in Cape Eliza- 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES 277 

beth 8 June 1821. Residence, Lisbon, Me. All but the last of 
their children were born in Durham. 

Win. Henry b. 11 April 1841. 

Greenlief Goodwin b. 24 Jan. 1843; m. Nellie C. Howe of Rumford. 

Alvenia Moses b. 26 June 1845; m. Delia M. Dempsey of Oswego, 
N. Y. 

Frederic Alphonso b. 17 May 1848; m. Ella E. Decker of Lagrange. 

Nelson Howard Cary b. 7 July 1852; m. Lizzie R. Webb of Skow- 
hegan. 

Ann Amelia b. 15 Oct. 1838. 

WARREN. 
James Warren, a native of Berwick, Scotland, was settled at 
South Berwick, Me., as early as 1656. His wife was Margaret 

a native of Ireland. Their children were 'Gilbert, who left 

no male issue; "Margaret, who married James Stackpole before 
1680 ;"J ane ; James ; and Grizel, who married Richard Otis of 
Dover, N. H., and was captured by Indians and carried to 

Canada. James married Mary and had children, Mary, 

Margaret, Raines b. 8 June 1698; Rachel; Gilbert b. 30 April 
1703; and John b. 16 Dec. 1705. Gilbert's will is dated 21 Feb. 
1755 and he mentions wife Abigail and children Gideon, Alden, 
Gilbert, Abigail, Rachel and Lucy. Of these Gideon lived at 
South Berwick. He married 12 Jan. 1748 Hannah Morrill, and 
had children, Adriel, Kesiah, Peltiah, Peace, Phineas, Ruth, Asa, 
Charlotte and John Morrill. The last was born 28 May 1774. 
He married in N. Yarmouth, Anna True. Their children were : 

Hannah b. 18 Aug. 1806; d. 9 April 1893. 

Ardelia b. 1807: d. 1811. 

Asa b. 2 Dec. 1809; d. 2 April i860. 

True b. May 1811; d. 22 Aug. 1832. 

Israel True b. 1 Feb. 1815; d. 23 Aug. 1865. 

Celestia b. June 1816; d. 7 Sept. 1852. 

William True b. 8 May 1818; d. 9 Sept. 1896. 

Henry M. b. 28 Feb. 1820. 

Ardelia M. b. 7 May 1822. 

Sarah Ann b. 5 Sept. 1824. 

Salome R. b. 19 April 1827; d. 29 April 1865. 

Israel True Warren married 11 Sept. 1836 Rebecca Fulton of 
Lisbon. She was born Sept. 1816 and died 4 Feb. 1890. He 
lived many years at S. W. Bend. Their children were : 

True b.' 9 July 1838; d. 18 Aug. 1838. 



278 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

John Henry b. 12 Sept. 1839; d. s. p. 13 Dec. 1893; m. Nellie Clark 
Brooks. 

Lucy Ann b. 8 Jan. 1841 ; lives in Biddeford. 

Cynthia b. 14 Feb. 1844; d. 6 April 1861. 

Clara Little b. 20 May 1846; m. Sept. 1871 John Austin Elliott. 
Two ch. Isabel and Florence. He died June 1890. Res. Biddeford. 

Charles Israel b. 10 June 1850; in. Feb. 1883 Ida Fisher of Balti- 
more. He is a commercial traveler. Residence, Philadelphia. 

Elizabeth E. b. 24 Nov. 1852; d. 28 Dec. 1852. 

Edgar Lindley b. 3 Nov. 1858. See Biog. Sketch. 

John Warren, grandson of the emigrant James, born 16 Dec. 
1705, married Mary, daughter of Moses and Abigail (Taylor) 
Goodwin in So. Berwick. His will was probated Jan. 1769. It 
mentions children John, Tristram, Nathaniel, Ichabod, Pelatiah, 
Kesiah, Margaret, and Mary. John, born 5 Mch. 1731 , married 
25 Dec. 1755 J ane Johnson and was the ancestor of the Warrens 
of Westbrook. Ichabod Warren b. 14 Mch. 1736, married Han- 
nah (Gilman?) who was born in York 1 Dec. 1734. He moved 
to Fryeburg about 1780. His children were Betsey b. 4 Oct. 
1762 ; Ebenezer b. 5 Sept. 1764 ; Henry b. 26 Nov. 1767 ; Hannah 
b. 1 May 1770; John b. 25 April 1772; Ichabod b. 8 July 1774; 
Susannah b. 12 Aug. 1779. 

Ebenezer Warren, above named, was born in Berwick, Ale. 
He came to Royalsborough in 1787 on foot with an axe on his 
shoulder. He bought, 13 July 1789, fifty-six acres of John Cush- 
ing's 500 acre lot and built a log house on the ridge of land 
south of where the old Warren farm buildings now stand. He 
married 11 Jan. 1788, in Berwick, Hannah Reed and brought her 
to his home and also a cow from Berwick. He was a prominent 
man in town affairs and was Captain of Militia. He died 18 Sept. 
1852. His wife died 3 June 1848, aged 84 yrs. 7 mos. Their 
children, besides two named Ebenezer, who died young, were : 

Henry b. 1795; m. 8 Aug. 1815 Sarah Thompson of Pownal; d. s. p. 
23 July 1877. His wife died 30 Oct. 1858, aged 65 yrs. 10 mos. 

Ivory b. 10 May 1791. See p. 279. 

Rufus b. 8 Oct. 1793; m. 4 Sept. 1814 Hannah Harmon; d. 24 Feb. 
1875. His wife died 20 Dec. 1855. Ch. Ebenezer m. 8 Sept. 1853 Louisa 
S. Royall; Sarah m. Dennis Libby; Maria, unm.; Rufus m. 19 May 1850 
Mary L. Davis, d. 17 Mch. 1890, aged 66 yrs; Hannah m. George W. 
Lang; Daniel d. young; Matilda d. young; Richmond; Mary N. m. Dex- 
ter Strout of Boston. 

Nancy b. 18 Mch. 1798; m. 21 Sept. 1823 Paul Douglas; d. 5 Mch. 
1837- 




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GENEALOGICAL NOTES 279 

Joseph b. 14 July 1804; m. 24 Nov. 1825 Abigail Strout. Farmer in 
Durham. Representative and town official. Ch. Martha Curtis b. 26 
Oct. 1826; Henry b. 26 Aug. 1828; Joseph b. 11 April 1832; d. 13 Nov. 
1857; Albert Smith b. 7 Aug. 1834; lives in Lynn, Mass.; Hannah b. 
14 Aug. 1836; m. 19 Nov. 1857 George W. Bailey of Woolwich. 

Ivory Warren married 26 Sept. 1818 Lusannah Curtis Strout, 
who was born 2 Aug. 1796 and died 26 Nov. 1872. He was a 
prominent business man at South West Bend. Died 10 Aug. 
1849. 

Emery S. b. 18 Nov. 1819. See below. 

Julia S. b. 9 May 1824; m. 1852 Dr. Nelson H. Cary. 

John Quincy b. 7 Dec. 1829; m. 15 Nov. 1855 Ellen M. Cary; d. 26 
April 1863. Their son is Prof. Fred M. Warren. See Biog. Sketch. 
Another son William C. born 1 June 1861, died 4 Sept. 1862. 

Emery S. Warren, born 18 Nov. 1819, entered into partner- 
ship in trade with his father at South West Bend in 1840, and 
continued to do business at the old stand for fifty-four years, till 
his death, 17 Aug. 1894. His business integrity was never 
questioned. He was held in high esteem by his fellow-citizens. 
He was Postmaster and Town Clerk many years. He also 
served as Selectman, Representative to the Legislature and 
County Commissioner. The last office was held the first year in 
the history of Androscoggin County. For some time he acted 
as Treasurer of Acacia Lodge of Free Masons. His portrait is 
presented as a worthy representative of the Warren family, that 
has had many good and useful men. 

He married (1) 31 Dec. 1849, Elizabeth M., daughter of 
Samuel Miller. She was born in Gorham 20 Aug. 1818 and died 
in Durham 25 Aug. 1869. He married, (2) 1 June 1871, Louisa 
A. Whitney, born 9 Feb. 183 1. By first marriage there were 
two children. 

Ella b. 20 May 1853; died the next day. 

George E. b. 19 Nov. 1854. He succeeded his father in trade, and is 
the present Postmaster and Town Clerk. Married 18 Mch. 1896 Ella 
L. Dunn of Poland, b. 23 April 1871. Their daughter, Louise, was born 
12 Jan. 1897. 

Pelatiah Warren, son of John of Berwick and uncle of Eben- 
ezer Warren of Durham, married, 18 June 1777. Sarah Parker 
and settled in Rovalsborough. He was a blacksmith and farmer. 



280 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

Lived on the Northeast end of lot 36. Revolutionary soldier. 
Moved to Monmouth in 1797. Ch. 

Rebecca b. 24 Mch. 1778; William and Nathaniel b. 2 Sept. 1779; 
Pelatiah, Jr.. b. 21 June 1781; ra. Joanna, dau. of Enoch Strout of Mon- 
mouth; Sarah b. 23 Aug. 1783; Samuel b. 29 Mch. 1786; Lydia b. 9 May 
1789; Sabina b. 9 June 1791. 

WATERHOUSE. 
Thomas Waterhouse, son of Theophilus and Hannah Water- 
house, was born in Scarborough 17 Dec. 1751. He married 23 
Nov. 1774 Hannah, dau. of Thomas and Susannah (Downing) 
Goodwin of Wells, who was born 18 Oct. 1754. They had nine 
children, Mary, Thomas William, Theophilus, Asa, Theophilus 
2d, Susannah, Ai and Hannah. Of these the oldest son, Thomas 
was born in Scarborough 23 March 1777, came to Durham in 
1804; married Ruth Ayer 16 Jan. 1806. She was born 23 April 
1784, and was daughter of Thomas and Esther Ayer of New 
Gloucester. They settled in the northwestern part of Durham, 
on Lot 157. Rufus Waterhouse, their grandson, still lives on 
the old homestead. Thomas Waterhouse died 24 July 185 1 ; his 
wife died 9 May 1856. They had nine children. 

Thomas b. 15 Jan. and d. 18 April 1807. 

Lorenzo b. 23 July 1809; d. 8 Nov. 1845. 

Hannah b. 25 Nov. 1810; m. 4 June 1843 John M. Ayer of New 
Gloucester. 

Thomas 2d b. 9 May 1813; d. 2 July 1816. 

Ai b. 12 April 1816. See below. 

Charles b. 10 June 1818; m. Olive Waterhouse; d. 1853. 

John b. 19 May 1821 ; d. 16 Sept. 1845. 

James b. 15 Oct. 1826; d. 2 Nov. 1847. 

Esther Ann b. 23 March 1824; d. 29 Jan. 1826. 

Ai Waterhouse spent his life on the old homestead as a suc- 
cessful farmer. He was also a Justice of the Peace and Pension 
Agent. He married (1) 31 Dec. 1840 Catherine C. Gording of 
Livermore. She was born 10 Feb. 1821 and died 14 Oct. 1843. 
He married (2) 5 Dec. 1844, Caroline W. Dawes, who was born 
in New Gloucester 6 Aug. [826 and died 30 Jan. 1896. He died 
17 Oct. 1895. By first marriage there was one son. 

Mark Alphonso b. 3 July 1843. He became a successful merchant 
in Boston. He married 31 July 1876 Mary B. Monto; (2) Mary Ester- 
brook. Died in 1897, leaving one daughter. Mabel M., born 26 Mch. 1882. 




AI WATERHOUSE. 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES 28 1 

By second marriage there were : 

Rufus Wesley b. 10 Mch. 1845; m. 10 Aug. 1872 Eliza Larrabee. 

Lorenzo Dow b. 22 Oct. 1846; m. 8 Oct. 1873 Emma J. Doolittle. 

John Francis b. 26 Dec. 1848; m. 4 Dec. 1880 Clara Larrabee; d. 2 
Aug. 1889. 

Flavilla Augusta b. 2 May 1853; m. 16 Jan. 1886 Thomas F. Monto 
of Allston, Mass. 

Susan Harriet b. 8 Oct. 1856; m. 22 Feb. 1888 George R. Hunne- 
well. 

WEBBER. 

The Webbers came from Holland in the seventeenth century. 
Thomas Webber was living on the northern part of Parker's 
Island, at the mouth of the Kennebec river in 1649. He married 
Mary, daughter of John Parker, Senr. In 1660 he bought of 
Indian chiefs land stretching four miles from Winnegance south 
and reaching from the Kennebec river to Casco Bay. He had a 
daughter and five sons, John, Joseph, Samuel, James and 
Nathaniel. Samuel Webber was granted a mill privilege in 
old Falmouth in 1681, and built the first mill at Stroud- 
water, sawing boards at the halves. He moved to Glouces- 
ter, Mass., and thence to York, Me., where he died in 1716. 
His wife's name was Deborah. They had ten children at 
least, of whom Waitstill, also called Waitt, was born in Glouces- 
ter, Mass., in 1698. He settled in Harpswell in 1738. His 
son, Daniel Webber was born in York, 27 Dec. 1736. He 
was a marine in the French and Indian War of 1755 and 
was at the capture of Quebec. His second wife was Mrs. 
Anna (Bibber) Woodworth, dau. of James Bibber, who 
came to America from the Isle of Jersey in 1725. They had six 
children, of whom Waitstill (see p. 126) was the oldest, born in 
Harpswell 17 Sept. 1779. He m. (1) 22 April 1801 Miriam, 
dau. of James Booker of Harpswell, b. 26 Mch. 1783, d. 11 April 
1825 ; m. (2) 30 Nov. 1826 Peace, dau. of John Collins of Dur- 
ham. 6 ch. by first marriage; 3 by second. 

Mary b. 1 Jan. 1802; m. 3 July 1831 Enoch Stover of Harpswell; d. 
3 June 1878. 

Margaret b. 13 Feb. 1804; m. Isaac N. Davis; d. 12 June 1849. 4 
daughters. 

Louisa b. 26 Dec. 1807; d. 3 Sept. 1808. 

Catherine b. 17 Aug. 1814; d. 29 Sept. 1848. Unm. 



252 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

Eliza Ann b. 17 Aug. 1814; m. 25 Dec. 1834 John Johnson: d. Mch. 
1870. 11 ch. 

Daughter b. 9 Sept. 1821; d. 12 Sept. 1821. 

Lydia M. b. 18 Jan. 1828; m. 1854 Samuel D. Thompson of Lisbon. 
Lives with dan. Eldora at Lisbon. A dau. Belle m. Frank Plummer of 
Topsham and died in 1893. leaving two children. 

James W. b. 17 Sept. 1830: m. 1855 Jane G. Loring of No. Yarmouth. 
She died in 1892; m. (2) Mrs. Bessie Lee Haywood of Lee, Mass. Res. 
Lynn, Mass. No ch. 

Charles W. b. 1 Jan. 1835; m. 15 Aug. 1861 Miriam C. Hoag of 
Sandwich, N. H. Their children, besides three daughters who died 
young, are Daniel W. b. 14 Jan. 1863; m. Nov. 1888 Minnie Williams of 
Skowhegan. They have one son, Walter W. b. 4 Dec. 1897. Res. 
Lewiston. Mary W. b. 26 Feb. 1873; m. 25 Feb. 1895 Herbert W. Jones 
of Freeport, and has a son, Harvey H. Jones b. 26 Aug. 1898. Edwin 
W. b. 10 Aug. 1878. Charles W. Webber lives on the old homestead in 
Durham. 

WEBSTER. 

James Webster was admitted to citizenship in Cape Elizabeth 
17 Aug. 1727. He probably came from Gloucester, Mass. Died 
about 1765. His wife's name was Isabel. They had children: 
John b. 5 Sept. 1726; Mary m. George McLellan : James m. 22 
Sept. 1756 Patience Webber and moved to Gray; Thomas: and 
William, who married 24 Dec. 1769, Mrs. Jane (Little) Yeaton, 
and moved to Gray, where he was Capt. of Militia and on the 
first Board of Selectmen of that town. He died 19 Dec. 1808. 
aged 68 years. His sons were Simon, Joseph and John who all 
lived in Gray, and William. The last was born in Cape Eliz- 
abeth 30 April 1774. He married Hannah, dau. of John and 
Elizabeth (Dunning) Stackpole and was the original settler of 
lot 89. He was Captain of Militia in the War of 181 2. Farmer 
and maker of plows, ox-yokes and farming utensils. 

Jane b. 5 Sept. 1796: m. 14 July 1813 Moses Rowe of Danville; d. 
1827 at Bangor. They had ch. William; Henry; Jane, who m. Benj. 
Hoyt; Sarah, who m. Mr. Sanderson, and Aurelia, who m. Rufus 
Jordan. 

Betsey b. 11 Oct. 1797; m. 23 Feb. 1826 Wm. Miller; d. in Bristol, 
Conn., Aug. 1872. 

William Jr. b. 8 Dec. 1798; m. Mary Grant of Gray; d. s. p. 2 April 
1879. His wife died 2 Oct. 1889. 

Andrew b. 13 Aug. 1800; d. 17 July 1801. 

John S. b. 25 Oct. 1801; m. 25 Dec. 1827 Eleanor Jordan; d. at Web- 
ster 4 Oct. 1849. Ch. Elbridge, Rhoda, and Jane. 

Simon b. 29 June 1803; d. 1827 at Bangor. Unm. 




RESIDENCE OF CHARLES W. WEBBER. 




JOSEPH WEBSTER. 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES 283 

Joseph b. 26 March 1806; m. (1) 28 May 1834 Lucinda Williams; (2) 
Mrs. Harriet (Hale) Webster, widow of his brother Samuel. He spent 
most of his life on the old homestead, now occupied by Wm. Stackpole. 
He doubly inherited social traits, and is remembered as an honest, in- 
dustrious and successful farmer. He died in Lewiston 24 Aug. 1877. A 
daughter, Elizabeth J., married Milton C. Wedgwood, M.D., who 
now resides in Lewiston, but began his practice as a physician in 
Durham in the sixties. Another daughter, Mary E., married Ira A. 
Shurtleff. Many will recall him as a teacher of the High School at S. 
W. Bend about 1865. At his death in 1872 he was Supt. of Schools in 
Englewood, 111. Their only son, Arthur Webster Shurtleff, a young 
physician of great promise, died suddenly 23 Nov. 1895, aged 24 years. 
Mrs. Shurtleff resides in Lewiston. 

Samuel S. b. 23 May 1809; m. Harriet Hale of Portland; d. in Port- 
land 16 May 1868. Their only son, Charles Edwin, was born 9 Feb. 
1841. Graduated at Bowdoin College in 1866; was a physician in Port- 
land; d. 24 Dec. 1892. His son is a student in Bowdoin College. 

James D. b. 24 Mch. 1812; d. 30 Dec. 1812. 

Hannah S. b. 7 Jan. 1818; m. Dec. 1834 Sewall Cushing; d. in Lynn, 
Mass., 20 Jan. 1889. 

WEEKS. 

Benjamin, son of Benjamin and Dorcas Weeks, was born in 
Cape Elizabeth 17 March 1771. He married in Scarboro 20 
June 1790 Sally Libby. Lived a few years in Gorham and 
moved to Durham 1808, settling near the stone mill. He died 
25 Nov. 1850. His wife died 1 June 1858, aged 89 yrs. 11 mos. 
15 dys. Their children were : 

William b. 25 Oct. 1790; m. Sophia Knight. He was drowned. 
One daughter, Sarah, married Nathaniel Parker. 

Dorothy b. 25 Feb. 1793. Unm. 

Lavinia b. 27 June 1797; m. John Nason. 

Benjamin Jr. b. 1 Nov. 1799; m. 19 Feb. 1826 Charlotte M. Knight 
of Westbrook; d. 3 July 1888. His wife died 19 Oct. 1869. Lived on 
the homestead, a respected citizen. Ch. Susannah K. b. 12 May 1827; m. 
Wm. B. Newell. Dr. Wm. Henry b. 25 May 1830; d. 5 Mch. 1851. 
Nancy E. b. 25 May 1840; d. 25 April 1842. Marcia P. b. 22 Jan. 1S47; 
m. John Hasty. 

Joseph m. (1) Esther Libby. She died 19 Aug. 1843, aged 37; m. (2) 
10 Feb. 1844 Maria Plummer; m. (3) 2 June 1853 Margaret M. Nichols; 
d 19 April 1879, aged 72 years. Wife Margaret d. 27 Oct. 1883, aged 72 
yrs Ch Allan J. b. 28 July 1829; m. 25 Sept. 1854 Lois Dnnkwater. 
Three daughters, Harriet. Elsie and Josie. Maria m. Albion Libby. 
Joseph Henry, drowned at age of 14 yrs. 

Louisa m. Elisha Turner. 

Howe b. 28 April 1812. See Biog. Sketch and portrait. 



2»4 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

WEEMAN. 

Joseph Weeman was the son of Valentine Weeman of Cape 
Elizabeth. Tradition in Durham says that he was a native of 
Holland. He married 10 April 1774, in Cape Elizabeth, Mary, 
dau. of James and Mary (Flagg) Richards, who was born in 
Newton, Mass., 13 Oct. 1755. She was a sister to the Catharine 
Richards, who married Ebenezer Newell. Joseph Weeman set- 
tled in Royalsborough on lot 102. before 1782. 

Mary b. 18 June 1778; m. 27 Nov. 1806 Ebenezer Strout; d. 7 Aug. 
1874. 

Catharine b. 18 May 1789; m. 29 Sept. 1810 Thomas Herrick; d. 6 
July 1859. 

Joseph m. 30 Nov. 1815 Betsey Merrill; killed by the falling of the 
bridge 8 Aug. 1829. He left four children. 

Jesse b. 20 Aug. 1785. See below. 

Betsey m. 9 April 1837 Symonds Baker, M. D. 

Sally m. (1) Libby; (2) Jordan. 

Jesse Weeman, born 20 Aug. 1785, married 19 July 181 1, 
Tyla Pope, who was born in Stoughton, Mass., 4 June 1787. He 
died 8 June 1855. 

Mary R. b. 14 Sept. 1813; m. 11 Mch. 1840 Ira Hurd; d. 8 July 1874. 

Harris b. 2 Sept. 1815; d. 19 April 1864. 

Abby b. 9 Mch. 1817; d. 25 May 1817. 

James P. b. 18 Mch. 1818; m. 11 Jan. 1843 Elizabeth True. 

Harriet N. b. 18 Mch. 1820; in. 9 June 1838 T. S. Mitchell; d. 29 
Sept. 1844. . litll 

Jesse b. 5 April 1822; m. 2 July 1861 Fannie Newell Hurd. Resi- 
dence, West Mitchell, Iowa. 

Abby S. b. 18 Nov. 1824; m. 28 Sept. 1852 Rev. John Vining Newell. 

Luther W. b. 2 Nov. 1826; m. 2 June 1851 Elizabedi Bailey. 

Joseph b. 2 Nov. 1829; m. 27 Sept. 1852 Elizabeth Newell. 

WESTON. 

The Westons were descended from John Weston, who came 
from Buckinghamshire to Salem in 1644 at age of 13 and m. 
Sarah Fitch in 1653. * 

Stephen Weston was born 21 Feb. 1752. He married 28 
Nov. 1776 Desire Turner of North Yarmouth who was born 22 
Oct. 1758. He purchased his farm in Durham 10 Dec. 1776 and 
built his house on "Weston Hill," County Road. The house is 

'See North's Hist, of Augusta, p. 952. 




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GENEALOGICAL NOTES 285 

still standing. The first nine children were horn in Durham ; the 
last two at Crotch Island. He died in Freeport about 1820. 

Betty b. 6 Sept. 1777; m. 26 March 1797 John Stackpole, Jr. 

Molly b. 5 Feb. 1779; m. 20 April 1797 Benjamin Osgood. 

Stephen Jr. b. 3 Dec. 1780; d. 22 March 1784. 

Nathan b. 5 Feb. 1783. 

Stephen 2d b. 22 July 1785; m. 10 Nov. 1814 Abigail Lambert. 
Moved in 1831 to Litchfield. Died there 26 Nov. 1854. Has son Solo- 
mon, who m. 26 Oct. 1851 Ann Rowe. 

Reuben b. 9 May 1788; m. Comfort . She died, a widow, 6 

July 1843, aged 54 yrs. A son, Greenfield, lived for some time in Dur- 
ham. 

Sally b. 29 Sept. 1790. 

John b. 17 April 1793; m. 5 Sept. 1819 Thirza Strout. See below. 

Nabby b. 17 Aug. 1795. 

Solomon b. 7 March 1798. 

James b. 23 Oct. 1803. 

John and Thirza (Strout) Weston died, leaving three young 
daughters who were brought up by Jonathan Strout, viz. 

Thirza m. James Curtis. Harriet m. Woodman Gerrish. Caro- 
line m. (1) John Macomber, (2) Geo. L. Kingsley, (3) Mr. Gehrig. 

WILBUR. 

John Wilbur is said to have come from Conn, to Scarbor- 
ough. He married, 28 Mch. 1761 Elizabeth Larrabee. Nathan- 
iel Wilbur, probably his son. married, 12 Jan. 1800, Eunice 
Libby, and settled on lot 133. He died 5 June 1848, aged 72 
yrs. 'His wife died 24 Sept. 1843, aged 67 yrs. Their children 
were Hanson, Addison, Samuel, Eben, Ethan, Nathaniel, Jr., 
Orin, David (m. 8 April 1819 Charlotte Kelley?) Jane, (m. 19 
Aug. 1832 Joseph S. Tarbox) and Huldah. 

Hanson Wilbur married, 24 Nov. 1825, Abigail Thoits and 
settled on the homestead. He died 9 Dec. 1886, aged 86 yrs. 
His wife died 27 March 1881, aged 83 yrs. Their children were 
Joseph, William. Nathaniel, Eben, John and Eunice. Joseph 
married Wealthy Jones and settled on the homestead, having 
children Villa, Frank and Albert. 

John Wilbur, brother of Nathaniel, Senior, married, 14 Oct. 
1784, Mary Jones in Scarborough. They had twelve children, 
none of whom remained long in Durham. 



286 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

WILLIAMS. 

Thomas Williams came from England, Feb. 18, 1717, "when 
gooseberries were in blow," and reached Boston, April 17, 1717, 
"when the snow was very deep." He was employed in teaching 
Latin in Boston, and subsequently removed to the part of 
Georgetown that is now Bath. It is said that he was a physi- 
cian, and that he often expressed his regrets at having ever left 
England. 

The above is cited from Wheeler's History of Brunswick, 
p. 757. "Thomas Williams lived at Winnegance in 1729, and 
remaining there became the first permanent settler of Bath." So 
says Reed's Hist, of Bath, p. 23. He seems to have had sons 
Thomas, who married in 1746 Margaret Drummond ; George, 
who signed a petition for a new parish in Georgetown in 1753, 
which parish was afterwards Bath ; and Samuel. Perhaps there 
were others. A daughter married James Hunter of Topsham. 
Thomas Williams was Lieut, of Georgetown Militia in 1757. 

Samuel Williams married (Int. Rec. 14 Sept. 1754) Mercy, 
dau. of Anthony Coombs who lived on lot 28 in Brunswick. 
This was probably the Anthony Coombs who married in 1722 
Mercy Hodgkins in Gloucester, Mass. He migrated to Fal- 
mouth and thence to New Meadows, Brunswick in 1739. Sam- 
uel Williams bought, in 1761, parts of lots 20 and 7 on Sebascod- 
igan or Great Island, Harpswell. He was living at " Duck 
Cove" in 1799. It seems that he died soon after. He had chil- 
dren, Samuel, Jr., who lived on the Island; Benjamin, Daniel 
and Peter, who all moved to Thomaston ; and George, who 
settled in Durham. There were also several daughters. Mercy 
Williams, wife of Samuel, Senr., died in Thomaston Sept. 1824, 
aged 94 yrs. 

Samuel Williams was a private in Capt. James Curtis' Co. ; 
enlisting 10 June 1775 and serving two months and four days. 
He reenlisted 9 Aug. 1775 and served five months and five days. 
A Samuel Williams of Harpswell was Sergeant in Capt. Nathan- 
iel Larrabee's Co., enlisting 9 July 1775 and serving six months 
and seven days. These were probably father and son. 

George Williams, born in Harpswell 3 Aug. 1777, married 
Mabel, dau. of Noah Litchfield of South Lewiston. Noah Litch- 
field was born in Scituate, Mass.. 24 Jan. 1753. He married 9 
July 1778 Mabel Wade of Scituate, born 9 June 1758. He was 




13ARNARD WILLIAMS. 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES 287 

the first Town Clerk of Lewiston and died 17 Nov. 1827. His 
wife died 12 July 1S3S. .Mabel (Litchfield) Williams was born 
in Scituate, Mass., 29 Feb. 1780 and died in Durham I Nov. 
1853. George Williams lived for a few years in Durham, where 
his first three children were born. He moved to Lewiston, 
returned to Durham about 1825 and settled on lot 86, where he 
died 8 Feb. 1867. He was a carpenter and farmer. His children 
were as follows : 

Charles b. 17 Aug. 1801; m. 9 March 1826 Eleanor Randall; lived 
in Lisbon. 

Samuel b. 18 Dec. 1802; m. Dec. 1834 Eliza F. Thomas. Moved to 
Ind. in 1836. 

Mary Louisa b. 2 Sept. 1804; m. 7 Oct. 1828 John Fuller of Carmel 
and Bangor. 

Barnard b. 15 Feb. 1807; m. 16 Dec. 1841 Elizabeth A. Herrick. 

Lucinda b. 26 Nov. 1808; d. 13 March 1810. 

Aurelia C. b. 15 Aug. 1810; m. 25 Feb. 1836 James Jack of Portland. 

Lucinda b. 30 Mch. 1812; m. 22 May 1834 Joseph Webster; d. 28 
Aug. 1866. 

Sumner George b. 20 Dec. 1813; m. Ann Wood of Staten Island. 
Moved to Ind. in 1836. 

Elvira b. 13 Nov. 1815; m. 19 May 1838 Jesse Snow of Brunswick. 

Mabel Jane b. 24 Nov. 1817; m. 4 March 1841 Nelson Strout. 

Otis b. 1 Oct. 1819. 

Minerva b. 14 July 1822; m. 29 May 1845 Jeremiah Dingley, Jr.; d. 
4 Jan. 1862. 

Vesta Ann b. 5 Nov. 1824; m. 29 May 1845 Harrison Strout. 

Barnard Williams, named above, has spent his life as a farmer 
on the homestead in Durham, and is still living at the age of 91 
years. His wife was Elizabeth Augusta Herrick, granddaugh- 
ter of the Rev. Jacob Herrick. (See Herrick Family.) He has 
been a man of irreproachable character, and a good citizen. His 
family is here given. 

George Jacob b. 11 Nov. 1842; nine years a sailor; killed by being 
thrown from a carriage by a frightened horse, 27 Dec. 1870. 

Oscar Scott b. 2 July 1844. Graduated at Bowdoin College in 1870; 
was Supt. of Schools in Dedham, Mass., at the time of his death, 11 
Oct. 1893. He m. 1871 Sylvia T. M., dau. of Ham Brooks of Lewiston, 
and left several children. 

Charles Edward b. 6 April 1848. Graduated at Farmington Normal 
School and taught several years. Studied medicine at Bowdoin College 
and two years in a New York Hospital. Has practiced at Auburn. 
Maine, for some years. He married 3 March 1872 Emma J. Harlow of 
Livermore Falls. They have two children, Ethel and Edward. 



255 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

Josiah Herrick b. 4 Aug. 1849. Graduated at Farmington Normal 
School and while managing the homestead has successfully taught 
schools. Is now Supt. of the Schools of Durham. He married 7 Dec. 
1872 Edith T. Norton of Matinicus, Me., and has one son, Ralph. 

Elizabeth Augusta b. 1 Dec. 1855; d. 18 April 1856. 

Fred McLellan b. 16 Jan. 1857; m. 1883, Ida F. Scamman of Saco; 
d. s. p. at Lynn, Mass., 19 Nov. 1897. 

WILSON". 
Two families of this name appear on the old Town Records. 
James Wilson married 20 March 1788 Elizabeth McGray. Their 
children were : 

Mary b. 10 Dec. 1788; Lemuel b. 15 Oct. 1790; Sarah b. 20 Jan. 
!793> m - Simeon Snow; Mercy b. 17 Mch. 1795; and Timothy Horn b. 
4 Aug. 1797. 

William Wilson married 8 Dec. 1796 Dorcas Parker. Their 
children were : 

James b. 10 May 1797; Mary Reed b. 12 Feb. 1800, m. in Camp- 
bell Co., Ky., 24 Nov. 1816 Benjamin Jewett Ricker, d. 26 Dec. 1859; 
William Jr. b. 30 Mch. 1802. 

WOODBURY. 
Ebenezer Woodbury was born in Salem, N. H., 20 Sept. 1760. 
His father was lost at sea. After serving in the Revolutionary 
Army Ebenezer came to Freeport and worked one season at 
boiling salt. He married, 18 April 1780, Rebecca Pomroy, a 
widow, and said to have been a sister to John Parker of Dur- 
ham. She was born 28 Feb. 1^55 and died in Durham in 1828. 
By her first marriage she had a daughter, Sally Pomroy, born 
29 Nov. 1773, who married, 4 Sept. 1794, John Blethen of Little 
River. 

He settled in Royalsborough about 1782 on or near lot 75. 
The farm was lately owned by Charles Trufant. Here he died 
in 1835. 7 ch. 

Edward b. 26 May 1781; m. 28 July 1803 Phila Stoddard; lived at 
Lisbon Factory. 

Rebecca b. 29 Dec. 1783; m. 2 June 1804 Jonathan True. 

Esther b. 28 Jan. 1785; m. 24 Nov. 1805 George Gerrish, Jr. 

Priscilla b. 25 June 1788; m. 30 Jan. 1812 Andrew Scott. 

Elizabeth b. 16 Jan. 1790; m. Charles Gerrish. 

James b. 10 June 1793; see p. 289. 

Mary b. 9 Dec. 1795; m. 30 Nov. 1820 John Sydleman. She died 13 
Jan. 1880. 



GENEALOGICAL NOTES 289 

James, son of Ebenezer Woodbury, married 20 Oct. 1814 
Rebecca Sydleman. In March 1825 he moved to Dover, Me., 
on ox-sleds, leading two cows behind. There were eight chil- 
dren, six of whom were born in Durham. 

John S. b. 4 April 1815, farmer in Dover, Me. 

Eben b. 12 May 1817, settled in Houlton. Representative, Senator, 
member of Governor's Council and Provost Marshal. 

George S. b. 17 Nov. 1820, farmer in Dover, Me. 

James b. 12 May 1822, lives in Bangor. Alderman and President of 
City Council. 

Charles H. b. 15 May 1823, trader in Dover, Me. Member of Leg- 
islature in 1862. Postmaster 28 years. Town Treasurer 50 years. 

Rebecca b. 10 Feb. 1825. 

Mary E. b. 10 Aug. 1832. 

Edward E. b. 10 Jan. 1838. 

YORK. 
Richard York was in Dover, N. H. (now Durham) in 1648. 
He made his will in 1672 and mentioned wife Elizabeth and 
several children, of whom Samuel, born 1645 married Hannah 

and died 18 Mch. 1718. He purchased land in Topsham 

in 1670 and lived there some years five miles below the falls. He 
thence moved to Falmouth, and thence to Gloucester, Mass. 
His son Benjamin, born 1680, married 7 Dec. 1704 Mary Gid- 
dings. Their son Samuel, born 13 Oct. 171 5, married, 23 Dec. 
1736, Joanna Skillings in Falmouth and had children, Joanna 
b. 12 Dec. 1737: Samuel of Durham; Sarah m. Daniel Har- 
mon ; Joseph of Durham ; Susanna m. Vincent Roberts ; Deb- 
orah m. George Copson Roberts of Cape Elizabeth. 

Samuel York, Jr., and Hannah Hoyt were married in Cape 
Elizabeth 26 Aug. 1766. He came to Royalsborough as early 
as 1774. Joseph York was his brother. The Yorks lived at first 
at "York's Corner," on the back road to Brunswick. Samuel 
York, Senior, and wife lived to very old age in the family of 
Daniel Harmon. He died about 1808, aged 90 yrs. His wife 
died later at age of 98 yrs. Samuel, Jr., died in 1798. His fam- 
ily consisted, as nearly as can be judged, of the following per- 
sons : 

Lettice b. in Royalsborough 10 Oct. 1775; m. 13 April 1797 Daniel 
True: d. in Mendon, N. Y., 12 Sept. 1812. 

Daniel m. 9 Nov. 1797 Hannah Johnson. 

Hannah m. 23 Dec. 1804 Edmund Fogg of New Gloucester. 



29O HISTORY OF DURHAM 

Submit m. 4 Dec. 1806 Thomas Roberts; d. about 1827. 
Zebulon bap. 1784; m. 8 Feb. 1810 Zilpah Sylvester; moved to 
Strong, Me., about 1814. 

Elizabeth m. (Int. Rec. 15 Jan. 1815) Thomas Williams of Bath. 
Eliot ? 

Joseph York and Abigail Flint were married, as Durham 
Records say in Oct. 1765, but the Rev. Samuel Deane of Port- 
land, in his Journal, says that he attended their wedding 8 Aug. 
1774, and this date is undoubtedly correct. She was born in 
Falmouth 10 Mch. 1747 and died in Durham 17 June 1779. 
Joseph York was born in Cape Elizabeth 10 Jan. 1749. The 
Records of Cape Elizabeth say that he married (2) 4 Nov. 1779 
Margaret Roberts. He was last taxed in Durham in 1794. His 
children are recorded in Durham as follows : 

Lydia b. 27 June 1775; Robert b. 10 Oct. 1777. 

Joseph b. 9 July 1778; Nathaniel b. 17 and d. 21 Oct. 1780. 

Abigail b. 9 and d. 30 May 1781; Hugh d. young. 

Samuel b. 19 Oct. 1784. Mary b. 9 Nov. 1787. 

Abigail b. 23 Mch. 1790. 



APPENDIX 



291 



APPENDIX 

ALL MARRIAGES RECORDED IN DURHAM, NOT MEN- 
TIONED IN FOREGOING GENEALOGIES, DOWN TO 1840. 
10 Sept. 1789 Josiah Jones of Bowdoin and Eleanor Mitchell. 
6 Dec. 1792 Henry McKenney and Mehitabel Vining, 
20 Jan. 1793 Benjamin Avery of Gilmantown, N. H., and Sally Parker. 
6 Nov. 1794 Jedediah Robinson and Polly Nichols. 

18 Nov. 1795 Seth Mitchell, Jr. of North Yarmouth and Ruth Merrill. 
9 Feb. 1796 James Jordan of Bowdoin and Abigail Dingley of Pejep- 
scot. 

12 Feb. 1796 Isaac Peaks of Brunswick and Thankful Coombs of 
Poland. 

9 Mch. 1796 Solomon Dyer and Sarah Woodbury, both of Pejepscot 

24 Mch. 1796 Edward Oakes and Elizabeth Mitchell, both of North 
Yarmouth. 

26 May 1796 Joseph Larrabee and Abigail McKenney, both of Little 
Gore. 

20 Nov. 1796 William Dingley, Jr. of Pejepscot and Sally Atkins of 
Lewiston. 

26 Jan. 1797 Thomas Row and Polly Gross, both of Pejepscot. 

19 Mch. 1797 James Parker and Betty Vining. 

6 Apr. 1797 Charles Moody and Mrs. Sally Blanchard. 

26 Apr. 1797 James Aymes and Rebecca Crockett. 

27 Nov. 1797 Abraham McKenney and Molly McKenney. 

20 Mch. 1798 John Larrabee and Mrs. Huldah Brown. 
17 June 1798 Thomas Goss and Betsey Witham. 

30 Oct. 1798 Timothy Dunton and Phebe Getchall. 

6 Jan. 1799 John Orr and Lissa Bragdon. 
^-*o Apr. 1799 James Winslow of New Gloucester and Mary Eaton. 

2.5 Aug. 1799 Joshua Moody and Betty Moody, both of Pejepscot 
Gore. 

21 Nov. 1799 Matthias Vickery and Sally Dingley. 
19 Dec. 1799 James Douglas and Eliza Millbanks. 

25 Dec. 1799 Moses Brown and Hannah Larrabee. 
23 Feb. 1800 Clement Orr and Nancy Knight. 

23 Mch. 1800 David Davis of Lewiston and Molly Pierce. 

21 Aug. 1800 Jeremiah Smith and Dolly Jackson. 

3 Dec. 1800 Elijah Galusha of Bowdoin and Anna Fisher. 

22 Aug. 1802 Edmond Knight of Pittstown and Jane Eaton. 



292 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

3 Oct. 1802 Phinehas Frost of Pejepscot and Nelly Witherell. 

29 Nov. 1802 Ebcnezer Guardner and Hannah Sawyer. 

10 Jan. 1803 Samuel Merrill and Betsey Wilbour. 
3 Feb. 1803 Walter Fogg and Dolly Mclntire. 

3 Mch. 1803 Thomas Preble of Bowdoinham and Elizabeth Douglas 
of Freeport. 

30 Mch. 1804 William Goddard of Brunswick and Patience Clough. 
27 May 1804 Thomas Heze (?) and Joanna Woodman, both of Free- 
port. 

7 Oct. 1804 Thomas Henderson of Lisbon and Phebe Stoddard. 
27 Oct. 1805 Thomas Trafton of Lewiston and Sarah Crabtree. 

2 Feb. 1806 Josiah Libby of Freeport and Lydia Davis. 
16 Nov. 1806 Asa Gould of Brunswick and Hannah Orr. 
30 Sept. 1807 William P. Allen and Peggy Randall. 

14 Nov. 1807 Joseph B. Allen and Susannah Roberts. 

9 Nov. 1809 Richard Hustin and Polly Douglas. 

26 Jan. 1810 Rushworth Fickett and Hannah Dyer of Cape Elizabeth. 

14 Oct. 1810 William Blake and Abigail Plummer. 

29 Nov. 1S10 Aaron McKenney and Phebe McKenney. 

3 Jan. 181 1 Stephen McKenney and Eleanor Bragdon. 

6 Jan. 181 1 William Brumajoin of Monmouth and Mary Fisher. 

7 Apr. 1811 John Hinkley of Brunswick and Hannah Clough. 
2 Feb. 1812 Isaac Cox of Brunswick and Desire Estes. 

26 Aug. 1812 Peter Kelley and Maria Foss. 
I Sept. 1812 John H. Leach and Sally Hill. 

15 May 1813 Win. Tuttle of Pownal and Deborah Sylvester. 

29 Sept. 1813 Samuel Ward and Annie Bailey. 

24 Jan. 1814 Shubael Hinkley and Betsey Spade. 
12 Jan. 1815 James Dyer and Sarah Dunham. 

22 Oct. 1815 Calvin Cowin of Lisbon and Tamar Dyer. 

27 Dec. 1815 Nicholas Varney of Brunswick and Sarah Langdon. 

15 Nov. 1815 Samuel Garcelon of Lewiston and Hannah Robinson. 

25 Jan. 1816 Samuel Browning and Mary Burgess. 

12 Mch. 1816 Joshua Bangs of Brunswick and Mary Creasy. 

11 Apr. 1816 Sylvanus Harrington and Lucy Douglas. 

4 Dec. 1817 Levi Bragdon and Mary Sawyer. 

1 Jan. 1818 John Lunt and Phebe Goddard, both of Brunswick. 
1 Feb. 1818 John Francis of Lisbon and Miriam Cooper. 

23 July 1818 Daniel Douglas and Sarah Bailey, both of Freeport. 

20 Dec. 1818 John Sylvester of Freeport and Lydia Ward of Bruns- 
wick. 

12 Feb. 1819 Silas Kemp of Harpswell and Betsey Bishop. 

30 Aug. 1819 Charles Dicker and Rhoda Francis. 

26 Sept. 1819 Amasa D. Morlin and Hannah Hinkley. 
Jan. 1820 Benjamin Burgess and Almira Sawyer. 

8 Feb. 1820 Wm. Estes of Brunswick and Lydia Libby of Pownal. 
12 Nov. 1820 Levi Bragdon of Falmouth and Sally Pettengill. 



APPENDIX 293 

20 Nov. 1820 Matthew Campbell of Bowdoin and Hannah Douglas 
of Freeport. 

21 Nov. 1820 Rufus Moses and Margaret Freeman. 

1 Feb. 1821 Daniel Lunt of Brunswick and Esther Tuttle. 

8 Mch. 1821 Sylvanus Harrington and Hannah Lord of Lisbon. 
30 Apr. 1821 Jonathan Richardson and Elizabeth Wagg. 
30 Sept. 1821 Jonathan Libby of Scarborough and Eveline Tyler of 
Pownal. 

20 Nov. 1821 Joseph Ward of Brunswick and Leah Sylvester of Free- 
port. 

28 Nov. 1821 James Brown and Mary Thoits, both of Pownal. 
3 Dec. 1821 Benjamin Peterson of Lisbon and Hannah Merrill. 

6 Dec. 1821 Thomas Coombs and Rhoda Douglas, both of Bruns- 
wick. 

30 Dec. 1821 Eleazer McKenney and Martha Spaulding. 

31 Dec. 1821 Stephen C. Dyer of Unity and Esther Spaulding. 

14 Feb. 1822 Francis Merrill of Peru and Asenath Hayes of New 
Gloucester. 

10 Mch. 1822 James Bishop and Mary Estes. 

29 Aug. 1822 Sewell Brown and Eleanor Libby, both of Pownal. 

30 Oct. 1822 David Starboard and Nancy Malcomb. 

5 Nov. 1822 Benjamin Weymouth and Mary Davis, both of Pownal. 
10 Nov. 1822 Ebenezer Sylvester of Freeport and Eliza Tyler of 
Pownal. 

10 Nov. 1822 Jeremiah Cotton and Salome Sylvester. 

21 Jan. 1823 John Duran and Martha Whitmore. 

23 Jan. 1823 Samuel Matthew and Sarah Welch, both of Harpswell. 

5 Mch. 1823 Ebenezer Frye and Lydia Austin. 

3 Apr. 1823 Caleb Hawkes and Rachel Philbrook. 

17 June 1823 Josiah Walker of Pownal and Joanna Brown. 

24 Aug. 1823 Addison Metcalf of Lisbon and Elizabeth Varney of 
Brunswick. 

2 Nov. 1823 Holway Allen of Fairfield and Hannah Page. 

6 Nov. 1823 John Jordan 3d of Raymond and Thirza Brown of 
Pownal. 

4 Dec. 1823 Daniel Dill and Polly Sawyer. 

23 Dec. 1823 Nathaniel Curtis and Hannah Davis. 
29 Jan. 1824 Joseph Frye of Bowdoin and Ann Bishop. 
6 May 1824 Nathaniel Sweetser of North Yarmouth and Susan Allen 
of Pownal. 

11 May 1824 George Newbegin and Mary Gee. 

31 Aug. 1824 David Allen of Pownal and Sophronia Watts of New 
Gloucester. 

23 Sept. 1824 John C. Hinkley and Lorania Orr. 

6 Jan. 1825 Nathan Hanson and Sarah Austin. 

27 Jan. 1825 Benjamin Sawyer of Pownal and Lydia Field of Freeport. 

3 Mch. 1825 Cyrus Buft'am and Lydia Estes. 



294 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

14 Mch. 1825 David Rogers of Raymond and Susannah Harmon. 

7 Apr. 1825 Holmes Winslow of New Gloucester and Abigail Duran. 

5 May 1S25 John Rogers and Lucy Jones. 

25 Aug. 1825 Job Merrill and Asenath Stetson. 

28 Sept. 1825 Josiah Jones and Mary Austin. 

29 Sept. 1825 Elijah Cole and Elizabeth Jones. 
29 Sept. 1825 Reuben Cole and Mary Jones. 
24 Nov. 1825 Samuel Foss and Sally Sawyer. 

1 Mch. 1826 John Brown and Betsey Winslow. 

2 Mch. 1826 Amos Bailey of Topsham and Narcina Estes. 

6 Apr. 1826 Harry Atkins and Thankful B. Foss. 
11 Oct. 1826 Benjamin Lemont and Mahala Brown. 

28 Dec. 1826 David G. Nore of Hampden and Martha G. Nichols. 
20 Feb. 1827 Amos Lambert of Parkman and Martha Kimball. 

18 Apr. 1827 Jeremiah Sawyer of Pownal and Elizabeth M. Merrill 
of Westbrook. 

19 Apr. 1827 Levi Clough of Pownal and Priscilla Merrill of West- 
brook. 

20 May 1827 Nehemiah Allen, Jr. and Ann/Tuttle, both of Pownal. 
22 May 1827 Eli Wood and Mary Ann Dunn, both of Gorham. 

18 June 1827 Joseph Hamlin and Phebe Libby, both of Gorham. 
.5 July 1827 Wm. Jones 2d of Lewiston and Data Sawyer. 
13 Sept. 1827 Samuel Sawyer 3d and Rhoda Ann Nutting of Pownal. 
4 Oct. 1827 Wesley Thompson and Betsey Tyler. 

8 Nov. 1827 George W. Morse and Lydia Douglas, both of Bruns- 
wick. 

11 Dec. 1827 Mark Allen of Pownal and Olive Marston of North 
Yarmouth. 

15 Mch. 1828 Daniel Weston of Cumberland and Nancy Randall of 
Pownal. 

21 Sept. 1828 John Moulton and Peace Jones. 

21 Sept. 1828 Daniel Gould and Lydia W. Wyer. 

9 Oct. 1828 Jeremiah Dain of Parkman and Louisa Talbot of Free- 
port. 

22 Mch. 1829 Zenas Weston of Cumberland and Sally N. Dresser of 
Pownal. 

23 Apr. 1829 Ammi M. Cotton of Freeport and Mary Lake of Pownal. 
13 July 1829 Melzer F. Dillingham and Jane B. Reed, both of Dur- 
ham. 

22 Sept. 1829 David Bailey of Poland and Nancy Allen of Pownal. 

I Oct. 1829 True Tuttle and Mary Brown, both of Pownal. 

24 Dec. 1829 Eliphalet W. Davis and Abigail Dresser, both of Pownal. 

II Feb. 1830 David Estes and Mary Ann Grant, both of Pownal. 

21 Apr. 1830 Thomas Wright. Jr. of Strong and Helena True of 
Pownal. 

j May 1830 Jeremiah D. Estes of China and Sarah J. Kendall of 
Durham. 



APPENDIX 295 

12 Oct. 1830 James S. Rice of Pownal and Eunice S. Johnson of 
North Yarmouth. 

21 Oct. 1830 Cyrus Royal and Elizabeth Todd, both of Pownai. 
24 Oct. 1830 Reuben Grant and Dorothy Grose, both of Freeport. 

22 Nov. 1830 John Fogg and Lucy Fogg, both of Freeport. 

2 Dec. 1830 Samuel Durrell of Woodstock and Jemima Randall of 
Pownal. 

5 Jan. 1831 John Tyler of Pownal and Sarah H. Lord of Portland. 

24 Mch, 1831 Jacob Turner and Rachel Coffin, both of Freeport. 

17 Apr. 1831 John N. Stoddard of Lisbon and Mary Blethen of 
Durham. 

29 May 1S31 George Allen and Sally Randall, both of Pownal. 

23 June 1831 George W. Tobie and Sarah Demerit, both of Orono. 

5 June 1831 David N. Frost and Elizabeth Newbegin, both of Pownal. 

17 July 1831 John B. Sawyer and Hannah Sawyer, both of Pownal. 

18 Aug. 1831 Loring Gould and Mary Littlefield. 

13 Oct. 1831 Christopher Dalie of Lincolnville and Lydia Ross of 
Pownal. 

22 Dec. 1831 Joseph Libby, Jr. and Maria Jones, both of Pownal. 

30 Dec. 1831 Ephraim S. Hannaford of Lisbon and Dorcas Ayer. 

19 Jan. 1832 William Randall of Pownal and Lydia Haskell. 

13 May 1832 Joseph Hammond of N. Berwick and Mrs. Betsey 
Thompson of Durham. 

29 July 1832 Ira Mitchell and Mary Ann Soule, both of Freeport. 

23 Sept. 1832 Gardner Dyer and Sarah Estes, both of Pownal. 

25 Sept. 1832 Joseph Sawyer and Rachel B. Sawyer, both of Durham. 

30 Sept. 1832 Charles Gowen of Brunswick and Jane Dyer. 

20 Jan. 1833 Simon Getchell and Elmina Davis. 

2 May 1833 Samuel Libby and Fatima Larrabee, both of Durham. 

12 May 1833 James A. Merrill of Falmouth and Achsah Libby of 
Durham. 

13 June 1833 Hiram Mitchell of Lisbon and Hannah Fickett. 

22 Sept. 1833 John Larrabee of Freedom and Mary Bragdon. 

6 Apr. 1834 Hanson Bragdon and Ann Ayer, both of New Gloucester. 
12 Oct. 1834 Win. Bacon of Gorham and Jane \V. Marston of N. 

Yarmouth. 

9 Nov. 1834 Samuel Libby of Litchfield and Sally Brown of Pownal. 

7 June 183.5 Wm. P. McKenney of Brunswick and Lucy Thurston of 
Danville. 

18 June 1835 Allen G. Sturdivant of Cumberland and Eliza Lang. 

21 June 1835 Reuben Dyer of Strong and Sarah Stanford. 

23 July 1835 Elbridge G. Bailey and Betsey L. Warner of New 
Gloucester. 

7 Oct. 1835 Stephen M. Blackstone of Pownal and Susan Warner of 
New Gloucester. 

25 Oct. 1835 Nathaniel Mirch and Mercy Sawyer, both of Westbrook. 

26 Nov. 1835 George B. Litchfield and Sarah Ann Field, both of Free- 
port. 



296 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

10 Dec. 1835 Charles Knight of Freeport and Cincinnati Fogg of 
Bath. 

10 Dec. 1835 Samuel F. Hemmenway and Martha Knight, both of 
Freeport. 

3 Jan. 1836 Jacob Larrabee, Jr. of Danville and Jane Larrabee of 
Durham. 

14 Jan. 1836 Hiram Jennings and Sally D. Mcintosh. 

7 Jan. 1836 Sidney Bailey and Aurillia Benson, both of Durham. 

I Feb. 1836 Thomas Murry, Jr. and Mary Fickett, both of Portland. 

12 June 1836 A. Bisbee of Lisbon and Clarissa Gould of Durham. 

7 July 1836 Daniel L. Weymouth of Topsham and Eveline T. Her- 
rick of Lisbon. 

24 July 1836 Joseph Thrasher, Esq. of Durham and Thirza Tuttle oi 
Pownal. 

13 Nov. 1836 Elias Knight and Olive Libby, both of Pownal. 

10 Apr. 1837 Alfred Cox and Adaline Estes, both of Lisbon. 

II May 1837 Paul Douglas and Emily Sawyer, both of Durham. 

30 Nov. 1837 John Higgins of Cape Elizabeth and Sarah Robinson 
of Durham. 

24 Dec. 1837 Abner Dennison and Eliza Sylvester, both of Durham. 

20 Mch. 1838 Thomas Paine 2d and Susan Dresser, both of Pownal. 

29 Apr. 1838 James A. Merrill of Falmouth and Eliza Libby. 

24 June 1838 Edward T. Cushman of Portland and Mary B. Jones 
of Pownal. 

20 Sept. 1838 Artemas Moody of Standish and Abigail R. Hopkins 
of Brunswick. 

24 Sept. 1838 John R. Plummer of Pownal and Huldah Bragdon. 

1 Nov. 1838 Stephen M. Noyes of Falmouth and Thankful Marston 
of N. Yarmouth. 

6 Nov. 1838 Joseph Tuttle 2d and Elizabeth M. Davis, both of 
Pownal. 

11 Nov. 1838 Joseph Hunnewell and Bethina Larrabee of Durham. 
29 Nov. 1838 Seward Stoddard and Lois Knight, both of Freeport. 

13 Dec. 1838 Aaron L. Rose and Catharine Staples, both of New 
Gloucester. 

24 Jan. 1839 Wm. A. Larrabee and Susan D. Sawyer of Pownal. 

17 Feb. 1839 Michael Knight and Jane L. Brown, both of Pownal. 

12 Mch. 1839 Joseph E. F. Gower of New Gloucester and Jane Soule 
of Freeport. 

15 Dec. 1839 Jesse Webber of Lisbon and Alice Hammon. 



297 



ALL BIRTHS RECORDED IN DURHAM, NOT MENTIONED 
IN FOREGOING GENEALOGIES, DOWN TO 1865. 

Ch. of Hugh Marwick. He married Mary Atwood in old Falmouth 
6 Aug. 1772. He returned to Falmouth, where the births of other chil- 
dren are recorded. 

Mary Worring 11 April 1778; Atwood 22 Jan. 1781. 

Ch. of Samuel Smith. 

Molly 17 Nov. 1775; Jonathan 6 Mch. 1779; Sarah 2 Jan. 1782. 

Ch. of Jeremiah Smith. 

Margaret 24 Nov. 1774: Percy (or Persis) 9 Feb. 1778: Betty 13 Feb. 
1780, d. 15 Mch. 1781; Simeon 10 April 1776, d. 9 Sept. 1778; Jeremiah 
28 Feb. 1782; Samuel 10 June 1800. 

Ch. of Jeremiah Mitchell. 

Samuel 3 Oct. 1786; Joseph 7 June 1789: Martha 30 April 1792. 

Sally, dau. of Betsey Spades 15 April 1792. 
Lydia, dau. of David Coffin 15 Oct. 1796. 
Wm. Oliver, Jr. 14 Sept. 1799. 
Nathan, son of Peggy Mcintosh 19 Jan. 1798. 
Miriam, dau. of Joshua Dyer 17 Jan. 1800. 

Ch. of Aaron Allen. 

Abigail 25 Nov. 1797: Martha 21 Oct. 1799; Mary 21 Jan. 1802. 

Ch. of Thomas and Sarah (Jones) Austin. 

Thomas b. 25 Dec. 1804: Mindwell b. 14 Jan. 1809; William M. b. 
April 1S10; David b. 30 April 1812; Esther b. 1 May 1818. 

Ch. of John and Mary Barstow. 

Nancy Ann b. 26 Oct. 1820; Abigail b. 18 Feb. 1823; Elizabeth b. 5 
May 1825; Mary Jane b. 18 Feb. 1832. 

Ch. of William and Jane Johnson. 

David b. 20 Sept. 1812: Wm. Rhodick b. 10 Dec. 1S16. 

Ch. of Jeremiah Moody. 

Silvanus b. 29 June 1815: Lovina b. 28 Sept. 1817: Allen Peterson b. 
24 Dec. 1818: Lois b. 12 May 1821; Humility b. 5 Dec. 1822; Hannah 
Prior b. 10 Mch. 1823; Sophia b. 20 Oct. 1825. 

Ch. of Paul and Nancy Douglas. 

Almina b. 5 May 1825; Harriet Jane b. 3 Oct. 1831. 

Geo. Washington, son of Simeon Bailey b. 5 Mch. 1827. 
Sarah J., dau. of Henry and Rhoda Moore b. 6 Feb. 1828. 
Charles, son of Wm. Porterfield b. 30 Aug. 1820. 



298 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

Ch. of Zebulon and Betsey Tyler. 
Geo. Ferguson b. 3 Sept. 1822; d. 19 April 1824. 
Zebulon, Jr. b. 6 Mch. 1824; d. 12 July 1824. 
Wesley Thompson d. 4 April 1828. 

Mary, dau. of Jeremiah Brown 1 June 1801. 

Ch. of Win. Phillips, who m. 9 Sept. 1798 Polly Dyer. 
William, Jr. 18 April 1799; Samuel 4 Mch. 1801; Sally 27 June 1803; 
Michael and David 3 Aug. 1807. 

John Coffin b. at Lewiston 12 June 1779. 
Dorcas Coffin b. at "Harrycecet" I April 1783. 
James, their son, b. at Durham 10 Jan. 1803. 

Ch. of Elias Staten. 

Samuel 3 Sept. 1797; Kezia 11 Nov. 1800; Sally 11 Mch. 1802. 

Moses, son of Michael Davis 14 Oct. 17S6. 

Ch. of "Meseck" Purrington. 

Lorenzo 31 Oct. 1801; Sarah 20 Aug. 1803; Joseph Howland 16 Aug. 
1805, d. 18 Mch. 1806. 

Ch. of David Gross. 

Betty 29 Jan. 1792; William 5 Aug. 1794; Reuben 25 Aug. 1796; John 
27 Sept. 1798; Daniel 12 Oct. 1800; George 31 Jan. 1802. 

Ch. of John Larrabee. 

Patience 1 Feb. 1799; Hannah 17 Nov. 1801; Mary 29 Oct. 1803. 

Ch. of Clement Orr. 

"Judea" I Sept. 1800, "'dead"; Lorana 10 Mch. 1803. 

Ch. of William Garcelon. 

Harvey 25 Jan. 1803; Harris 15 Sept. 1804. 

Moses Larrabee 8 Dec. 1776. 
Eunice Larrabee 12 June 1779. 
Pamelia Larrabee 19 Nov. 1S01. 
Hiram Larrabee 12 Oct. 1803. 

Joseph, son of Samuel Estes 24 Sept. 1832. 

Ch. of Benjamin Harrington. 

Alvin 13 Nov. 1825; d. 27 June 1827. 

Caroline 26 Jan. 1828; Benjamin 5 May 1830. 

Ch. of Israel and Alice Getchell. 

Emery 4 Feb. 1831; Lindly M. H. 4 July 1833; Eveline Lovina 2 July 
1335. 

Ch. of Isaiah S. and Nancy Trufant. 

Eveline 15 Aug. 1834; James b. 22 Mch. 1836; Joseph Henry 4 May 
1839. 



APPENDIX 



299 



Ch. of Edward and Mary Titcomb. 

Edward Payson 15 Nov. 1833; Joshua Miller 21 Sept. 1835; Mary 
Ellen 24 July 1838; Frances Robinson 20 June 1841 ; Harriet Marston 
22 Nov. 1842. 

Ch. of Sewell and Sarah J. Reed. 

Ellen A. 29 Nov. 1847; John S. 6 May 1850. 

Emeralda F. 2 Sept. 1852. 

Ch. of Alfred and Charlotte W. Baker. 
Josiah 27 Mch. 1852. 

Ch. of Daniel and Amelia Dyer. 
Samuel A. 10 Aug. 1851; Isaac N. 10 Sept. 1853. 
Ch. 01 Benjamin F. Estes. 

Mary Louisa 24 May 1867; Walter Edgar 8 Dec. 1868; James Henry 
8 Nov. 1876. 

Frances A., dau. of Daniel B. and Joanna Libby 25 June 1856. 

Ch. of David and Charity C. Goddard. 

Alvin Rufus 12 Sept. 1855; Estella Angie 26 Sept. 1857. 

Nellie May, dau. of Edward and Jane Newell 16 Jan. 1865. 
Wm. W., son of Wm. B. and Laura A. Brown 27 May 1864. 



ALL DEATHS RECORDED IN DURHAM, NOT MENTIONED 
IN FOREGOING GENEALOGIES. DOWN TO 1888. 

Sarah Welch 9 Jan. 1791. 
Patrick Welch 17 Feb. 1804. 
John Robinson 28 Mch. 1840, aged 88 yrs. 
Martha, wife of John Robinson, 1 Oct. 1848, aged 92 yrs. 
Mehitabel, wife of Benj. M. Moses 28 Mch. 1870. 
Clement J. Haskins 14 Sept. 1870. 
Amos Lunt 18 Nov. 1870, aged 64 yrs. 6 mos. 
Emma, wife of Elbridge Webster. 2 June 1881, aged 26 yrs. 
Nathan Bangs 17 Sept. 1881, aged 70 yrs. 

Frances, wife of Nathan Bangs, 20 Mch. 1888, aged 51 yrs. 4 mos. 
5 days. 

Almon Bailey 2 Jan. 1882, aged 73 yrs. 

Mary Butterfield 22 Mch. 1882, aged 74 yrs. 

Hermon Sawyer iS April 1882. aged 54 yrs. 

Rebecca Webber 7 July 1882, aged 79 yrs. 

Martha, widow of Andrew N. Sawyer, 6 Sept. 1883. 

Margaret, widow of Joseph Weeks, 27 Oct. 1883, aged 72 yrs. 

George W. Bennett 7 Feb. 1884, aged 82 yrs. 

Oliver B. Strout 3 June 1884, aged 45 yrs. 

Nathan Weston 23 June 1884. 

Israel T. Wyman II Aug. 1884. aged 76 yrs. 9 mos. 



300 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

Sarah, widow of Jonathan Carpenter, 27 Dec. 1884, aged 83 yrs. 

Joseph Burton 10 May 1885, aged 86 yrs. 4 mos. 

Abbie, wife of John P. Larrabee, 28 Sept. 1885, aged 63 yrs. 

Mrs. Eliza Dennison 8 Oct. 1885, aged 84 yrs. 

Mrs. Dill C. Harmon 5 Dec. 1885, aged 46 yrs. 6 mos. 5 days. 

George West 30 Jan. 1836. 

Wm. B. Bennett 18 Jan. 1887, aged 77 yrs. 4 mos. 

Mary, wife of Wm. B. Bennett, 18 Jan. 1887, aged 63 yrs. 2 mos. 

Betsey Collins 30 Mch. 1887, aged 75 yrs. 

Thomas Estes 27 Mch. 1887, aged about 50 yrs. 

Wm. H. Parker drowned in the Androscoggin 17 May 1887. 

Susan, widow of Lot P. Nelson, 16 June 1887, aged 81 yrs. 

Philip B. Douglas d. in Wales 13 June 1887, aged 71 yrs. 24 days. 

John S. Parker 4 Oct. 1887, aged .56 yrs. 8 mos. 9 days. 

Ansel Wescott 27 Oct. 1887, aged 74 yrs. 7 mos. 26 days. 

Daniel Dyer 2 Dec. 1887. aged 67 yrs. 9 mos. 5 days. 

Mrs. Annie C. Whitney 18 Jan. 1888, aged 87 yrs. 

Mrs. Susan Larrabee 18 Jan. 1888, aged 85 yrs. 

Henry W. Paine, drowned in the Androscoggin 3 June 1888. 

Eliza Ann, wife of Henry W. Paine 9 Jan. 1888, aged 67 yrs. 

COMMITTEES OF ROYALSBOROUGH. 

The Plantation had no Selectmen. The leading officials were 
styled a committee. Up to 1783 the Committees of Correspond- 
ence, Inspection and Safety, named on page 90, seem to 
have done the business of the town. From that date the follow- 
ing Committees appear : 

I/83, Joseph Davis, John Cushing, Esq., Benjamin Vining. 

1784, John Cushing, Esq., Benjamin Vining, Josiah Day. 

1785, John Cushing. Esq.. Caleb Estes, Benjamin Vining. 

1786, Matthew Duran, John Cushing, Esq., Caleb Estes. 
1787-8. No Records. 



1789 
1790 
1 791 
1792 
1793 
1794 
1795 
1796 
1797 
1798 
1799 



SELECTMEN OF DURHAM. 
John Cushing. Esq.. Nathaniel Gerrish. Thomas Fisher. 
Aaron Osgood, N. Gerrish. Thomas Fisher. 
A. Osgood, N. Gerrish, Caleb Estes. 
A. Osgood, N. Gerrish, Caleb Estes. 
A. Osgood. N. Gerrish, Wm. True. 
A. Osgood, N. Gerrish, Wm. True. 
N. Gerrish, Matthew Duran, Sam'l Merrill. 
N. Gerrish, Sam'l Merrill, Reuben Tuttle. 
N. Gerrish, Sam'l Merrill, Joseph Estes. 
N. Gerrish, Isaac Davis, Hugh Getchell. 
N. Gerrish, A. Osgood, Isaac Davis. 



APPENDIX 3OI 

1800. A. Osgood. Isaac Davis. Caleb Estes. 

1801. Isaac Davis, Geo. Ferguson. Caleb Estes. 

1802. Isaac Davis, Caleb Estes, Josiali Burnham. 

1803. Isaac Davis, Josiah Burnham, Joseph Knight. 

1804. Isaac Davis. Josiali Burnham, Joseph Knight. 

1805. Joseph Knight, Thomas Pierce, Joseph Estes. 
1806-7. Josiah Burnham. I. Davis, Joseph Estes. 

1808. Josiah Burnham. Wm. Stoddard. Thomas Pierce. 

1809. Josiah Burnham, Isaac Davis. John Collins. 

1810. I. Davis. J. Collins. Joshua Miller. 

1811. I. Davis. J. Burnham, Thomas Pierce. 

1812. T. Pierce. Job Sylvester, Jr., David Osgood. 
1813-14. J. Burnham, Secomb Jordan, Elijah Macomber. 

181 5. J. Burnham, Secomb Jordan, T. Pierce. 

1816. J. Burnham. Symonds Baker, Thomas Freeman. 

1817. J. Burnham, Elijah Macomber. James Strout. 

1818. F. Freeman, Elijah Macomber, James Strout. 

1819. Secomb Jordan, T. Pierce, Gideon Curtis. 

1820. Secomb Jordan. T. Pierce, Elijah Macomber. 

1821. Gideon Curtis, James Strout, Daniel Harmon. 
1822-4. J. Strout. Elijah Macomber, Thomas Pierce. 

1825. Thomas Pierce, Joseph H. Hoyt, Ivory Warren. 

1826. Thomas Pierce, Joseph H. Hoyt, Jacob Herrick, Jr. 

1827. Jacob Herrick, Jr.. Thomas Pierce, Simeon Bailey. 
1828-29. Jacob Herrick, Jr.. James Strout, Waitstill Webber. 

1830. James Strout, Allen H. Cobb, T. Pierce. 

1831. James Strout, Jonathan Strout, James Newell. 

1832. Jacob Herrick, Jr., David Douglas, Wm. Newell. 
'833-5. James Strout, Joseph Warren. Thomas Estes. 

1836. James Strout, Henry Moore. Joseph Reed, Jr. 

1837. Joseph Warren, Joseph Reed, Jr., Simeon Bailey. 

1838. Joseph Warren, S. Bailey, Thomas Estes. 

1839. James Strout. Daniel Booker. Daniel Harmon. 

1840. Joseph Warren, Jonathan Strout, John Smith. 
1841-2. Joseph Warren, S. Bailey, Solomon Crossman. 

1843. Solomon Crossman, Job P. Sylvester, Jr., Alvah Marston. 

1844. James Strout. A. Marston, Joseph Warren. 

1845. Ivory Warren. James Newell, Jeremiah Dingley. 
1846-8. Joseph Warren. A. Marston. Retiar Drinkwater. 

1849. Joseph Warren, A. Marston, William Robinson. 

1850. Joseph Warren, R. Drinkwater, Wm. Robinson. 
1851-2. Joseph Warren. R. Drinkwater, Wm. Newell, Jr. 

1853. Joseph Warren. Sewall Libby, Emery S. Warren. 

1854. Joseph Warren, E. S. Warren, David Bowie. 

1855. Nelson H. Cary, Wm. D. Roak, John D. Osgood. 

1856. Joseph Warren, Wm. D. Roak, John D. Osgood. 

1857. Joseph Warren, Wm. H. Johnson, Sewall Strout. 



302 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

858. Win. D. Roak. John D. Osgood, Barnard Williams. 
859-60. Emery S. Warren, Sewall Strout, W. H. Johnson. 

861. Sewall Strout. H. C. Libby. R. C. Michaels. 

862. Sewall Strout. Gideon Bragdon, Washington Parker. 

863. Sewall Strout, W. Parker. Elisha Beal. 

864. Joseph Warren. E. S. Warren, Alfred Lunt. 

865. Joseph Warren, A. Lunt, James Strout. Jr. 

866. John D. Osgood. Joseph Miller. T. C. Pinkham. 

867. Wm. D. Roak. Joseph Miller. Joseph H. Davis. 

868. Nathaniel Dunning. Geo. Douglas, Jona. Haskell. 

869. Wm. D. Roak, G. Douglas, Wm. C. Hascall. 

870. Wm. C. Hascall. J. H. Davis, John C. Merrill. 

871. Alfred Lunt. Win. B. Newell, A. Littlefield. 
872-3. Alfred Lunt. Charles W. Harding, William Long. 

874. Chas. W. Harding, Wm. B. Newell, Daniel Dyer. 

875. Joseph W. Davis. Alfred Lunt, Benj. F. Nason. 

876. Alfred Lunt, Joseph W. Davis, Leonard Macomber. 

877. Alfred Lunt. Chas. W. Harding, Lewis C. Robinson. 

878. Joseph W. Davis. Wm. S. Miller. Henry Sylvester. 

879. Wm. B. Newell, Joseph H. Davis. Henry Sylvester. 

880. Wm. B. Newell, Lorenzo S. Lambert, Alfred Littlefield. 

881. Wm. B. Newell, Leroy S. Bowie, Emery S. Warren. 

882. Alfred Lunt, Leroy S. Bowie, Wiley L. Davis. 

883. Alfred Lunt, Lorenzo S. Lambert, John H. Merrill. 

884. Lorenzo S. Lambert. Wm. B. Newell. John H. Merrill. 
SS5. Alfred Lunt. Chas. H. Bliss, Leroy S. Bowie. 
886-7. Wiley S. Davis, Samuel B. Libby, Chas. W. Varney. 
888. Henry Sylvester. Chas. H. Bliss. Rufus Parker. 
889-90. Joseph H. Davis. Samuel B. Libby, William Stackpole. 
891. Horace M. Beal. Wm. B. Newell, George H. Kstes. 
892-3. Alfred Lunt, Horace M. Beal, Melvin Bowie. 

894. Alfred Lunt, Samuel B. Libby, William Stackpole. 

895. Samuel B. Libby, Joseph H. Davis, Walter F. White. 

896. Samuel B. Libby, Walter F. White, Charles M. Varney. 

897. Samuel B. Libby, Joseph H. Davis, C. M. Varney. 
!. Alfred Lunt, William B. Newell, Fred H. Miller. 

TOWN CLERKS. 

ROYALSBOROUGH. 

'774-7- Charles Hill. 1778-86. Benjamin Vining. 

Durham. 
1789-90. Ebenezer Newell, 1791-1806. Martin Rourk. 

1807-11. Isaac Davis. 1812-14. Symonds Baker. 

1815-29. Jacob Herrick, Jr. 1830-1. Allen H. Cobb. 

1&32. Jacob Herrick, Jr. 1833-50. Allen H. Cobb. 

1851-3. James Strout, Jr. 1854-6. John C. Merrill. 



i857- 
1859- 
iS66- 
1870. 
1872- 
1876- 
1879. 
1887. 



Emery S. Warren, 

64. James Strout, Jr. 

7. Win. F. Morrill. 
Ralph H. Hascall. 

3. Wm. B. Newell. 

7. Win. B. Newell. 
Wm. D. Roak. 
Ralph H. Hascall, 
Marcus W. Eveleth, 
Royal A. Rich. 



AITFAI >I\ 






1858. 


Merrill W 


. Strout. 


1865. 


Wm. B. Newell. 


1868-9. 


John C. 


Merrill. 


1871. 


Emery S. 


Warren. 


1X74-5 


. Wm. H. 


Thomas. 


1878. 


Ira Goddard. 


1880-6 


. George 


E. Warren. 


1888. 


Luther L. 


Newell. 


1890. 


George W 


. Nichols. 


1892-8. 


George 


E. Warren. 



303 



1833-4- Allen H. Cobb. 
1848. Alvah Marston. 



SENATORS. 

1842-4. James Strout. 
1883-6. Wm. D. Roak. 



REPRESENTATIVES. 
Although the Town Records do not show the election of any 
Representative before Josiah Burnham, the Records of Massa- 
chusetts General Court mention one earlier. 

1802. Josiah Burnham. 
1810. Josiah Burnham. 
1812-13. Secomb Jordan. 
1830-2. James Strout. 
1835-6. Joseph Warren. 
1838-9. Thomas Estes. 
1843. Simeon Bailey. 
1847. Sewall Libby. 
1853. Wm. Newell, Jr. 
1857-8. Wm. D. Roak. 
1861. Emery S. Warren. 
1866. James H. Eveleth. 

John D. Osgood. 

William Stackpole. 

Charles W. Harding. 

Samuel B. Libby. 



1798. Samuel Merrill. 
1807. Christopher Tracy. 
1814. Josiah Burnham. 
1820-9. Allen H. Cobb. 
1833-4. Henry Moore. 
1837. Jonathan C. Merrill. 
1840-1. Jonathan Strout. 
1845. Alvah Marston, 
1851-2. Joseph Warren. 
1855. Hezekiah Gerrish, 
i860. Sewall Strout. 

Nelson Strout. 

Jonathan Libby. 

Leonard Macomber. 

William H. Thomas. 

Joseph H. Davis. 

Andrew G. Fitz. 



1S64. 
1869. 

1874- 
1879. 



1871. 



1894- 



COLLEGE ALUMNI. 
Samuel Newell, Harvard, 1807. 
O. Israel B. Newell, Bowdoin, 1819. 
John H. Converse, Bowdoin, 1830. 
Lewis Alden Estes, Bowdoin, 1844. 
Charles B. Stetson, Bowdoin, 1854. 
Nelson Dingley, Dartmouth, 1855. 
Henry Newell, Wesleyan University. 



304 HISTORY OF DURHAM 

John Duran Stetson, Bowdoin, 1858. 

David Osgood Stetson, Bowdoin, i860. 

Henry N. W. Hoyt, Bowdoin, 1864. 

Wm. Henry Lambert, Waterville, 1865. 

Oscar Scott Williams, Bowdoin, 1869. 

Frederick Howard Eveleth, Waterville, 1870. 

Everett S. Stackpole, Bowdoin, 1871. 

Lorenzo S. Lambert, Amherst, 1872. 

J. H. Tompson, Wesleyan University, 1878. 

Frederick Morris Warren, Amherst, 1880. 

Henry H. Morrill, Harvard, 1882. 

Charles Henry Stackpole, Wesleyan University, l£ 

Howard Leslie Lunt, Bowdoin, 1885. 

Fred Webster Newell, Bates, 1889. 

Frank Herbert Knight, Bowdoin, 1894. 

George William Thomas, Bates, 1896. 



INDEX OF SUBJECTS 



305 



INDEX OF SUBJECTS 



Agricultural Fair 134 

Bagley's Gore 4, 5. 10, 38 

Bears 132 

Betterment Act 25 

Bridges 39 

Brooks. . . 28, 31, 33, 34, 79, 83, 133 
Bowdoin College.. 10, 15, 16, no. 

"3 

Brunswick 44, 89. 169, 193 

Camp Meeting 58 

Cemeteries 3s, 43. 187 

Churches 29, 36, 44 

Ferries 35, 36, 39, 40 

Freeport 16. 52 

Great Meadow 27. 77. 78 

Harrisicket 13, 28. 29, 47 

Incorporation 20-23, 45 

Indians 33, 151 

Lewiston 29, 30, 127 

Little River 35, 36 

Marriages 16, 105, 236 

Methodist Corner 56, 142, 240 

Mills 17. 29, 36, 82 

Old Houses.... 13, 15, 16, 32, 33, 

185, 179, 189, 200, 223 



Peji pscot 31 

Pejepscot Gore 6 

Pejepscot Proprietors 2, 4. 25 

Phippsburg 47 

Pound 1 2<) 

Powder-House 120 

Population 23 

Price of Land 3, 6, 211, 248 

Prout's Gore 5, 38 

Revolutionary War and Soldiers 

21, 44, 88-96, 152. 1.55. 195, 210, 

215, 216 

Roads 27 

Royalston 3 

Royalsborough 3. 4, jn 

Schools 17, 29, 33, 62, 77 

Ship-building 82, 87 

Slaves (). 162 

South West Bend... 17, 28, 20, 30, 

32. 87 

Taverns 31, 32, 86, 87, 178 

Temperance 130, 131 

Town House 129, 130 

Wildcats 132 

Warning to Leave Town 24 



INDEX OF NAMES 



307 



INDEX OF NAMES 



The Genealogical Notes are not indexed, nor 
alphabetically arranged pp. 100-104. 



the soldiers already 



Abbott 

Rev. J. S. C, 52 

Adams 

Andrew, 26, 42, 79, 
83, 148 

Allen 
Aaron, 78 

Angell 

Prof. T. L., 52 

Armstrong 
Jonathan, 6, 20, 00 

Atkins 
Amos, 85 

Atkinson 
Moses, 99 

Atwood 
Harriet, 65 

Ayers 

Ebenezer, 39, 149 

Babb 
Joshua, 6, 38 

Bagley 
Daniel, 82 
Enoch, 46. 53, 97 
Jonathan. 3, 4, 5. 6, 

10, iS. 20. 27. 28. 

29. 30. 32. 34. 4i. 43 
O. Israel, 5, 6, 14. I0 . 

20, 22, 29, 30, 31. 

41. 43. 44. 77. 82, 

86, 90. 97. 98 
Orlando, 5, 6, 29 
Valentine, 29 

Bailey 

Katherine, 79 
Sidney, 86 
Simeon, 31 



Baker 
Dr. Symonds, 37, 53, 
79, 87, 1. TO 

Barker 

Dr. David G., }2 
Elizabeth, 80 

Barstow 
Joshua, 86 

Bartlett 
William, 80 

Beal 
Jonathan, 26, 36, 42 

Blake 
John. 31, 53 
William, 25, 97 
Rev. E.. 55. 58, 68 

Blethen 
Andrew, 76 
Increase, 92, 62 
James, 26, 41, 62 
John. 6, 62, 90 
Reuben, 36 
Simeon, 35, 79 

Bliss 
Chas. H., 16, 85. 134 

Booker 
James, 80 

Boswell, 37 

Bowie 
Alexander, 99 
David. 32, 86 
David R., 98 
George, 41 
Rev. G. H.. 72 
Robert. 76 

Bragdon 
Ephraim, 25 



Ebenezer, 26, 78 
Gideon, 25 
Jonathan, 26 
Nathaniel, 98 
Rev. V. E., 52 

Brickett 

James M., 98 
Brown 

Jeremiah, 132 

John, 3 

Win. P., 54 

BURNHAM 

Josiah, 5. 53, 78 

Bushnell 

Rev. Albert, 52 

Cartenter 
Jonathan, 54 

Cary 

Dr. N. H., 157 

Annie Louise. 134, 
158 
Chandler 

John, 92 

Judah, 6, 13. 4 1 . 8z - 
90 
Chase 

Stephen, 6, 20. 43. 77 

Thomas, 51 
Chapman 

Rev. Eliphaz. 48, 80 

Church 

Major, 1 
Clark 

Rev. Ephraim, 48 

Clough 
Joshua, 79 
Sarah. 711 
Samuel, 7, 41- 



3 o8 



HISTORY OF DURHAM 



Cobb 

Rev. Allen H., 105 
Rev. John, 105, 137 
Rev. Gershom, 105 
Ebenezer, 7 
Rachel. 7 

Coffin 

Rev. Ebenezer, 49 
Thomas, 7, 20, 28 

Collins 
Abijah, 79 
John, 79 
Samuel, 42, 79 

Converse 

Dr. John, 31, 41, 53. 
79. 85. 143, 160 

CORBETT 

Horace, 85 

Crabtree 
William, 62 

Crawford 
George, 161 
Rev. George A., 71 
Rev. William, 70 
Rev. James B., 70 

Crockett 

David, 133, 136 
Richard, 47 
Robinson, 47, 90 

Crossman 
N David, 26, 36, 41 
Solomon, 36 

Currier 

Jonathan, 22. 57. 96. 
97 
Cum mings 

Rev. Abraham, 47 

Curtis 
Abel. 15. 31. 41 
Gideon, 53 
Lucinda, 80 

Cushing 

Elizabeth, 15 

Hon. John, 5, 1 1, 14. 

20, 22, 24, 31, 41, 

32, 37, 82, 98 
John. 7, 16, 42, 90, 97 
John. Jr., 99, 79 
Rev. James, 69 
Sewall. 165 



Dain 
John, 6, 7, 20, 32, 40, 

4i. 43. 53 
John, Jr.. 56, 92 

Davis 
Amos, 5 
Elias, 6, 24, 90 
Enoch, 37, 57 
Isaac, 26, 38, 41, 80, 

94. 97 
John, 47 
John H., 57 
Joseph, 46, 97, 99 
Joseph H.. 137 
Wm. P., 136, 137 

Day 

Josiah, 6, 38, 42, 00 

97 
Lorenzo, 85, 169 

Dean 

Ebenezer, 93 
Joseph, 97 

Deane 

William, 31 
Rev. Samuel, 49 

Dennison, 16, 29 

Dingley 
Jeremiah, 33, 60 
Millard, 33 
Hon. Nelson, 34. 106, 

137 
William, 35, 60 

Doane 
Richard, 56 

Dow 

John, 29. 35, 94, 174 
Neal, 131 
Edmund, 174 

Douglas 

Cornelius, 7, 27, 42, 

68. 79, 172 
Elisha, 25 
Elijah, 38 
Joshua, 69 
J. Lufkin, 27, 174 
Nathan, 69 
Mary, 80 
Paul, 96, 98 

Dresser 
Richard. 133 



Drinkwater 
Hiram, 55 

Dudley 
David, 69 
Rev. Daniel, 55 
Micajah, 38, 41 

Dunn 
Josiah, 6. 20. 28, 88 
Joshua. 20, 93 

Durgin 

Elizabeth C, 138 

Dunning 

David, 3. 4, 1 1, 12 
Nathaniel, 12, 219 

Duran 

Matthew, 41, 53, 96, 
97. 176 
Dyer 
David, 6. 37, 41, 53. 

79, 90, 97 
Dennis G, 79 
Micah, 6, 25, 28, 30, 
37- 43. 53.79. 90, 97 
Paul, 24 
Reuben, 41. 78 
Richard, 56, 79 

Eaton 
John, 78 
Nancy, 80 
Rev. Samuel, 49 

Elliott 
Rev. John, 52 

Ellis 
John, 42, 60, 129 

Estes 
Caleb, 6, 17, 42, 79, 

179 
Edward, 7, 38 
Joseph, 7, 41, 62, 79, 

85. 86 
Lewis A., no 
Matthew, 86 
Thomas, 107 
Col. Wm. R. G, 108 

Eveleth 
Rev. F. H.. 71, 81, 

146 
James H., 32, 85, 87, 

13'. 182 
Julius E., no 
Marcus W., 134 



Fabyan 
John. 132 

Farr 

Henry, 97, 98 
John, 31, 56 
Simeon, 56 

Farrar 
John, 97, 183 

Farren 
Michael, 18 

Farrow 
Joel, 60 

Ferguson 
David, ,57 

George, 36, 37. 38, 42 
184 

Field 
Samuel, 31, 79 
John, 7g 

Fickett 

Rev. B. F., 74 

Joshua, 25 

Thomas, 56 

William, 57 

Vincent, 96 
Fifield 

Edward, 42, 53, 185 

John, 56 

O. Israel, 56, 79 
Fitz 

Andrew G., 31. 1 33, 
189, 214 

Fisher 
Abraham, 79 
Thomas, 24 

Fiske 

Rev. Jonas, 52 

Freeman 
Enoch. 3. 4, 28 

Frye 

Hon. William P.. 138 
Frost 

Ellet, 44. 186 

Ichabod, 7, 186 

Phineas, 7, 18, 28, 186 

Gerrish 

Major Charles, 7, 13, 
16, 17. 18, 20, 28, 
31, 38, 41, 90. 91. 
139. 98 



INDEX OF NAMES 

Charles, Jr., 7, 31,44 

46 
Benjamin, 53, 79 
Rev. Ansel, 70 
Albert, 81, 131 
George, 31, 53, 78,83, 

92 
E. H., 99, 188 
James, 56, 79, 92 
James, Jr., 80 
James Win., 131 
Jeremiah. 53 
Joshua, 99 
Isaac, 99 
John, 99 
John J., 112 
Joseph M., 4, in, 80 
Nathaniel, 6, 16, 17, 

20. 24. js. 26, 31, 

33. 38, 41. .10. 98, 

139 
Nathaniel 2d, 87, 79 
Sarah, 53 
William, 7, 20, 31, 42, 

43. 5.1, 77. 79. 83, 

90, 98, 140 

Geti hell 
Hugh, 30. 38, 4-'. 44- 

46. 90, 97 
John, 6, 90 
Joseph, 97 

Nathaniel, 26, <i;, [32 
Robert. 00, o<>. 07 
Stephen. 3 

GlLMAN 

Belle J.. [28 
Rev. Tristram, 47 

Gi.idden 

Rev. True, 54 

Goddard 
Silas, 136 
Robert, 85 

Gooch 
Samuel, 86 

Goodwin 
George, 36, 41, 57,66. 

93. 97. 194 . 
Samuel. 56, 78, 97, 98 
193 

Gould 
Rev. George W., 53 
Daniel, 62 



309 

Griffin 
Jonathan, 29 

Gross 

Daniel, 56 
David, 225 

Green 
Daniel, 93 
Isaac, 80 
Samuel. 7. 20, 31 
William. 40 

Greei y 

W111. E., 87 

( rURNEI 

Rev. L, P., 61. 211 

Hansi ' >\i 
Rev. Moses, 61, 1 ?i 
Prof. E. \\\. 134 

Hanson 
Bcnaiah, 80 

Hardy 

Rev. John W.. 57 

Harding 

Chas. W., 134. 136 

Harmon 

Daniel. 24. 25, 41. .,4. 

56, 57. 94 
Francis, 41, 51, 53, 

86, 99 
Zebulon K.. 113, ] M. 
136 
Harrington 
Henry. .i2 

Harris 
Jacob, 56 
Lawrence, 29, 186 

Hart 
Stephen, 6, 41. 43 

Hascall 

Ralph II., 54, 134. 

208 
Frank, 136 
Willi. 1111, 32. 197 
Rev. \\\ S., MS. 14'.. 

197 

Haskell 
Rev. Win. H„ 52 

Hatch 
John. 56, 199 



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HISTORY OF DURHAM 



H WVKliS 

Nathan, 62, 79, 85, 86, 
199 
Hayes 
Rev. Robert, 57, 58 

Hayward 
Win slow, 87 

Heath 

Rev. Asa. 54 

Herrick 
Rev. Jacob, 41, 48, 

50, 53, 80, 99, 141, 

143. 200 
Jacob, Jr., 4. 8.?. 113 

HlBBARD 

John, 25. 200 
James, 25, 26, 53, 54, 
97 
HlGGINS 
John, 85 

HlLDRETH 
Paul, 31 

HlLI. 

Rev. Chas. W., 52 
Joseph, 80 

Charles, 6, 20, 41, 88. 
90 

HOOLE 

Ezekiel, 83 

Holland 

Daniel. 85, 87 

Hooper 
Nehemiah, 53, 78, 201 
Rev. Noah, 60, 61 

Hopkins 
Isaac, 83 
Rev. Mark 

House 
Elisha, 34 

Hoyt 

Benjamin G., 98, 131 
1 [enry N. W., 202 
John, 6, 18, 26, 42, 
53, 86, 98 

Joseph H, 98 
William, id. 97 

II UNNEWELL 
Andrew, 56, 202 
Benjamin. 56, 202 



True G.. 11 
Robert, 25, 202 

Hussey 

Francis A. B., 86 
Rev. Leander. 61 

Jackson 

Rev. David, 62 

Johnson 

Rev. Alfred, 16, 49 
David, 99 
James, 24. 204 
Jotham, 41, 203 
John, 203 

Jones 
Dr., 16 
Elijah, 97 
Ephraim, 28 
Ezekiel, 6, 17, 31, 41, 

90, 98, 204 
Joshua. 16, 41, 92, 97, 

204 
Rev. I. S., 52 
Lemuel, 35, 36, 41, 

205 
Noah. 7. 41 
Samuel, 56 
William. 56 

Jordan 
Abraham, 95 
Alfred, 81 

ApoIIos, 33, 99, 207 
ledediah, 24 
Rufus. 85 
Samuel, 24 
Secomb, 32. 33. 41. 
53. 60. 85, 99, 207 
Rev. Win., iJ 

Josselyn 

James, 41 
JUDSON 

Rev. Adoniram, 65 
Kelley 

Charles, 25 
Kellogg 

Rev. Elijah, 49 
Kick stead 

G. W., 134 

Knight 
Amos, 96, 210 
Charles E., 209 
Joseph. 26, ili. 4-'. 
208 



Knowlton 

Rev. I. C. 61. 131. 
138 
Lamb 

Rev. George, 62 

Lambert 
Isaac, 25, 33, 34, 41. 

60 
Thomas, 25 
Wm. H., 34, 113 

Lane 

Edmund, 6 
Edward, 16 

Lancaster 
Rev. Thomas. 49 

Larrabee 
Gardner, 98 
Job, 25 
Jonathan. 96 
William, 41. 56 
Thomas, 25, 41. 56 

Leavens 

Rev. George, 73 

Lewis 

Rev. James, .14 

Nathan, 7. 42, 91, 92, 
97 
Libby 

Rev. Daniel, 68 

Isaac. 56 

Jonathan, 25. 56. 131, 
213 

Orrin. 6, 40 

Samuel B.. 134. 213 

Lincoln 
John. 41, 53, 78, 95, 
214 

Little 
Edward T., 81 
Josiah 3. 10, 2<:. 30 
Moses, 6, 10, 27 

LlTTLEFIELD 

Elijah, 62, 96, 215 
George. 62 

1 .Hi; I Mi 

Rev. H. S.. 52 

LtlNT 

Alfred, 134, 136 
Amos F., 86 



INDEX OF NAMES 



I I 



Macomber 

Elijah, ii. 32, 39, 41. 

S3, 60, 85, 99, 215 
Eliza, 60 
Leonard, 216 
Everett L., 32. 217 
Rev. Horatio, 71 

March 
■Ichabod, 5 

Mariner 
Moses, 90 

Mars 
James, 98 

Marwick 
Hugh, 6, 297 

Martin 
John, 80 

McFarland 
' David, 79 

Mi Gray 
Rev. Asa, 67 
Lemuel, 31, 40, 97 
William, 20, 86, 98, 

217 
Samuel, 87 

Mi Ixtosh 
John, 53, 79. 96. 97, 
218 

McKenney 

Rev. E. H., 72 

William, 25 

Abel, 72 
McManners 

Carl. 93 
Mayall 

John. 83 

Merrill 
Abner, 87 
Jonathan C, 83, 87. 

98, 219 
John, 79, 219 
Joshua, 79 
Dr. Joseph. 99 
Nathaniel, 25, .56 
Orlando, 40, 83 
Roger. 16, 95. 97. 218 
Samuel, 23. 24, 31, 32, 

41. 53, 85 
Samuel, Jr., 79 

Merritt 
Rev. Timothy. 55 



Metcalf 

Abraham, <>_> 

Miller 
David, 41, 221 
George, 31 
Joseph, 33, 221 
I [ei bert, 32 
Joshua. 41, 78, 87, 

132. 220 
Icishua. Jr., S3 
Rev. John. 68, 221 
John, 87. 222 
Samuel, 134. 221 
William, 41. 98. 133. 
220 

Mitchell 
Israel, 23, 224 
Jeremiah, 97 
John, 97 
Peter, 42, 223 
Richard, 25, 223 
Samuel, 25, 34, 41, 

224 
Rev. Stanford. 73. 

223 
Thomas, 223, 242 
William, 37- 78. ^-- 
Joseph, 29 
Joshua, 27 

Monroe 
John, 97 

Morrill 
Archilaus, 5, 37 
Frank. 81 

Rev. Henry H., 76 
Moses, 29 
Nahum. 86 

Moore 
Henry, 32 
Joseph. 32. 236 

Joseph E.. 236 

Morse 
Rev. Chas. W., 55 
Joel, 60 

MOULTON 

Jeremiah. 4 
Jeremiah, 224 
Samuel. 224 
Leander H., 225 

Nason 

Benjamin F.. 81. 99. 

John, 98 



Newell 
Ebenezer, i(>. 20, 22. 
24, 41. 41.. 1,3. 70, 
90, 92. 99, 225 
Ebenezer 3d, 227 
Edward, 54. 228 
Rev. Enoch F., 7s 
Rev. David. 68, 228 
bred W., 118 
Rev. Henry J.. 7j 
Rev. Israel, 54, 65 
Rev. John V., 75 
John, 129, 225 
James, 228 
Samuel, 98, 103. [26 
Rev. Samuel. (13. 140 
William. S3- 9 s 
William, Jr.. 07. < >S. 

99 
William I?.. 54, 117, 

William H.. 1 1.5. 138 

Nichols 

James, 47, 56 
John, 79 
Lemuel, 56 
Samuel. 47, .56, 229 
Samuel, Jr., 33, 41, 79 
William, 79 

Noyes 
Belcher, 3. 4. 6, 1.1. 

44, 45 
Joseph, 3. 4. 5- 27. 77 

Osgood 
Aaron. 24, 41, 51, 53. 

78. 97. 231 
A. True. 13. 232 
Benjamin, 53. 230 
John D.. 118. 231 
Joseph, 53, 56. 78, 231 
Nathaniel. 41. 48. 53- 

78, 96, 97, 230 

Owen 
Cyrus. 99 
Rev. Shimuel, 35. 60 

Parker 
Amos. 25. 56. 234 
Augustus, 35 
Dr. A. M.. no 
Charles S., 99 
James. 14, 20. 07. 233 
John. 6, 47. 90. 97,98, 

233 
Joseph, 97 



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HISTORY OF DURHAM 



Nathaniel, 41, 56, 234 

km' us, 134 
Peter, 79, 233 
Washington 98, 235 
William, 56. .'34 
William H., 98 

Paul 
Joseph, 36, 177 

Pearson 
Thomas, 6, 16, 29, 78, 
235 

Pierce 

Rev. Daniel, 68 
Thomas, 32, 39, 236 

PlNKHAM 

Andrew, 3. 41. 237 
Nicholas. 79. 237 

Plummer 
Arthur, 238 
Edward, 120 - 
■ Rev. George, 70, 133 
Hannah. 57 
Henry, 62, 76, 83, 238 
John, 98 
Joseph, 97, 238 
Luther, 57, 98, 129. 

238 
Rohert. 41, 95. 97, 

238 

POLLISTER 

Sewall, 99 
William, 41, 239 

Prince 

Rev. Mr., 18, 47 
Proctor 

Joseph. 31, 41. .53.79. 
87 

Samuel, 16, 24, 96, 

239 

Thomas, 35. 60, 239 
William, 35, 240 

Purington 
Meshach, 32, 79, 187 

Rackley 

Benjamin, 29 

Rand 
Rev. L. F., 61 

Randall 

Rev. Benj., 61 
Elmer, 136 
Jacob, 56 



John. 6. 14. 31, 41, 

82, 85, 240 
Stephen. 6, 14, 47, 82, 

240 

Ray 
Samuel, 3, 90, 98 
William, 262 

Reed 

Bartholomew, 92 
Joseph, 133 
Obed, 56 
Hon. T. B., 133 

Rice 

George, 41, 241 
Lemuel. 241 

Richards 

Rev. W. C, 63 
John. 5i. 78, 241 

Richer 
Dr. John, 87. 99 
Rufus, 56 

RlDLON 

Magnus, 25, 41, 60 
Rev. Ira G., 276 

Richardson 
Joel, 94 

Ring 

Batchelder, 6, 41, 79, 
242 

Roak 
Jacob H., 84, 121 
William. 41, 98 
Hon. Wm. D., 121, 
136, 138, 243 

ROURK 

Martin, 24, 37, 42, 52, 
80. 94, 242 

Roberts 
Alfred, 122 
Mrs. Annie J., 122 
Benjamin P., 78, 98 
Rev. Bennet, 52 
Daniel. 57, 66, 129 
Eben, 129, 132 
Ebenezer, 6. 31. 41. 

44. 48, 53, 88, 90, 

98, 242 
Horace P., 81 
James, 129 
Reuben. 56, 57, 129 



Samuel, 44, 60, 99, 

129 
Vincent, 7, 90, 245 
William, 41, 244 

Robinson 
Daniel. 24, 25 
James, 246 
John, 56, 62 
Lewis C, 138, 246 
Samuel, 41, 60, 245 

Rogers 
Col. James, 48 

ROYALL 

Gen. Isaac, 4, 8-10 

RUBY 

Eben, 76 
Sanborn 

Peter, S3- 56, 246 
Simeon, 31, 36, S3, 
246 

Sawyer 

Benjamin, 82, 90 

David B., 81 

Jacob, 26, S3. 78. 93. 

247 
Rev. James, 33, 71 
Joseph, 78, 133, 247 
Lemuel, 7 

Scott 
John. 41. 78, 95. 247 

Sewall 
James. 83 
Prof. Jotham, 52 

Shattuck 
Rev. F.. 52 

Sheafe 

Rev. R. M., 52 
Shurtleff 

Ira A.. 81 

Simmons 
Esquire, 131 

Skelton 
Sidney, 99 

Skinner 

John, 33, 41, 96, 248 

Sleeper 

Dr. F. F., 81 

Smith 
Jeremiah, 24 
Samuel, 6, 90 



INDEX OF NAMES 



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Snow 

Ebcnezer, 56, 249 
Joshua, 16, 41, 53.56, 
96, 98, 248 

SOULE 

Bishop Joshua, 51, 

Spaulding 

Rev. lames. 57, 58 

John D„ 98 
Stackpole 

Rev. C. H., 75 

David D., 250 

Rev. Everett S., 73, 
146 

James, 249 

John, 12, 13, 24, 33, 
95. 250 

John, Jr., 53, 56, 250 

Lt. John. 91 

Samuel O., 34. 4°- 4'- 
123. 251 

William, 33. 134. 252 

Stanley 

Prof. Richard, 52 

Staples 

John. 56, 80 

Starr 
Rev. R. C. 60 

Staten 

Elias, 35, 99 

Stetson 

Charles, 53, 98 

Elijah, 254 

Elisha, 41, 53- 60, 78. 
115, 253 

Elisha. Jr., 253 

Hon. W. W., 40 
Stinchfield 

Rev. E., 61 
Stoddard 

Abel, 32, 33, 53, 5°. 
98 

Addison, 250 

Oliver, 56, 79 

Susanna, 67 

William, 32. 41. 87 

Stout 
Rev. William, 58 

Strout 
Barnabas, 53. 60, 79. 
85, 129, 255 



Dr. David B., 58, 86, 

98, 124, 136, 138 
Ebenezer, 79, 
George W., 131 
Jacob, 98 
James, 32, 39. 58, 83, 

124, 130, 257 
James, Jr., 99, 257 
Jonathan, 32, 53- 131. 

256 
Joshua, 22, 41, 46, 47, 

78, 90. 93, 98, 255 
Merrill W., 98, 129 
Osgood, 54 
Prescott J., 136 
Sherman, 136 
Sumner, 81 

Sturgis 

Ada Cary, 137 

Sutherland 
Daniel, 62 

Svdleman 
John, 41, 53- 54. "8 

Sylvester 
George, 136 
Job, 41, 53, 87 
job P., 98 
Joseph. 56 
Willard, 13 

Thomas 
Theophilus, 87 
William, 26 
William H., 125, 136 

Thompson 
David, 40 
Edward, 82 

Thwing 
Rev. J., 58 

TOMPSON 

Rev. J. H., 76 

Tracy 
Abel, 97, 98 
Rev. Christopher, 26, 

36, 61, 67, 78, 93 
Deacon Christopher, 

61 
Ferdinand, 67 
Rev. Olin H., 67 
Rev. Jonathan, 67 
Samuel. 62, 83 
Solomon, 26 



rituE 

Vbel, 37, 41, 56, 98, 

90. I 19 
Daniel, 26 
Jonathan, 98 
William, 5, 36, 41, 48, 
54. 56, 95. 98 

Tucker 

Rev. George, 61 

Tukey 

George W., 86 

Turner 

Rev. Alpha, 70 
Elbridge Y.. 81 
Ezckiel, 24, 41 
Isaac, 93 

Tuttle 
Elisha, 79 
George, 86 
Reuben, 41, 79 

Twomblv 
Daniel, 79 

Tyler 
John, 56 
Joseph, 87, 133 

Varney 

Nicholas, 41. 79 

Vining 

Bela, 26, 42,53. 79.98 
Benjamin. 6, 16, 19. 

24, 31, 37, 41. 44. 

46. 53. 77, 79. 88, 

98, 183 
Benjamin. Jr., 79 
Edward R., 136 
John. 26, 42, 79. 83, 

02. i.V' 
Josiah, 79 
Willis J., 136 

Wagg 

Herbert, 34 

Tames, 30, 31. 60, 94 

John, 97 
Samuel. 01 
William. 85 

Ward 
Joseph, 78 

Ware 

Nathaniel, 07 



314 

Warren 
Ebenezer, 3 6, 37i 4I 
_, S3, 59, 98 
Rev. Edgar L., 74 

Rev. E. R., 60 
Emery S., 99, 279 
Lrcorge, 279 
Prof F. M, 125, 13S 
Israel T., 99 
Ivory. 5, 8, 
Joseph, 98 
Pelatiah, 31, 4I Q2 

97 
Ruftis, 132 

Washington 
George, 16 

Waterman 
Foster, 32, 53 

Waterhouse 
Ai 

Thomas, 41, 60 

Wediser 
Waitstill, 42 
J 26, 130 

Webster 
William, 33) 

129 
Joseph, 283 

Wedgwood 
George S., 81 
Dr. M. C, 97 



HISTORY OF DURHAM 



Wilbur 
Hanson, 99 
James, 56 
Jo' 1 ", 56, 62 
Nathaniel, 25, 41 

Williams 
Barnard, 287 
°r- Chas. E., 138 
George, 41, 53; I30 
Josiah, 32 , 5 8, I36 




